One might believe von Konigshofen's assertion about the Jews being killed because of their money because of two reasons:
1. Relatively big percentage of the Jews had their own business and were financially well situated, and were on a higher financial level on average than the other ethnicities.
2. Lots of Jews rejected to make their profits from their own businesses available to the national-socialist party for production of weapons and military advancements which angered the authorities which desperately needed any extra money.