Following the example of municipalities such as Utrecht, Amersfoort and De Bilt, Zeist also had research conducted into the robbery and sale of Jewish real estate during the Second World War. It was also investigated what role the municipality of Zeist had in the purchase of the 15 properties and how restoration of rights and the payment of overdue municipal taxes were handled after the war. The researchers also looked at the extent to which the then municipal council cooperated with the German occupier in identifying and clearing houses of Jewish owners.
In 2021, the Pointer research program discovered that the administration of resold real estate during the Second World War was kept in so-called Verkaufsbücher. More than 7,000 transactions are described in it. Throughout the Netherlands, between 16,000 and 20,000 homes of Jewish owners are said to have been stolen during the war years. After Pointer’s discovery, several municipalities throughout the Netherlands decided to conduct research into purchased and resold Jewish real estate.