If you're referring to a scene in "Schindler's List" some Jewish people, who were being stripped of all their worldly possessions, thought that if they swallowed precious things then they would escape notice and later they might be retrieved from their feces. It was something done out of utter desperation, and not because they wanted to.
It was the German Jews who had their life savings and valuables stolen from them by the Nazis. Some of the non-Jews had some of their savings destroyed in the aerial bombings by the Allied Forces. Some had their money and valuables stolen by the Gestapo or criminals.
valuables
Hitler arrested the Jews, took their posessions and sold their valuables to fund his war.
The Jews of Sighet lost their right to leave their homes for more than a few hours, to own valuables, and to gather in groups larger than two people following decrees from the Nazis during World War II.
What is a place to store money or other valuables
The changing room in most Hospitals have a locker for the Surgeons to keep their valuables
in a vault
Valuables are things that are important to an individual like license and phones and stuff that you think are important to you or somebody else.
Family Valuables - 2011 was released on: USA: 21 October 2011
They were dehumanized by being forced to wear the Star of David, having to give up their valuables and jewelry, and by receiving numbers instead of names.
Switzerland was not taken over by Hitler but he certainly used Switzerland to hide millions of dollars of money belonging to the Jews. He hid art and other valuables there too.
The Nazis stole almost everything from gold to art and even furniture. They were relentless in their conquest, removing all valuables from civillian homes and museums.