The majority of its files, relating mostly to the 1920s and 1930s, were confiscated by the Gestapo in November 1938 and were, for many years, considered lost.
In 1990 the Center for the Preservation of Historical Documentary Collections (the “Osoby” or trophy archives) in Moscow revealed the existence of about 4,000 files from the Centralverein’s chief office in Berlin. These files were among the many documentary collections, which had been confiscated by the Gestapo and were subsequently taken by the Russians, towards the end of World War II.
In 1996 the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People began microfilming this important collection, and made it available to the research public.
In 2005 the Wiener Library, whose founder, Alfred Wiener, played a key role in this organisation, acquired a microfilm copy of this archive with the generous assistance of Alfred Jacobi."@en ;
rico:identifier "WLMF55" ;
rico:recordResourceExtent "157 reels"@en ;
rico:recordResourceStructure "Each file has a reference number consisting of three parts. The first two parts are the collection number (55) and reel number. These help you locate the reel needed. The third number helps you find the file needed on the reel. It designates the Russian file number. To find the file you are looking for, look at the Russian file cover at the beginning of each sequence of images on the reel. The file cover has the word Дело in the centre. On the bottom right you will see a list of three numbers: the first is for the fond (Фонд), the second for the series (Опись) and the third for the file (Дело). This last number at the bottom corresponds to the file number in the catalogue."@en ;
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