Cats
as "Borealis" or "Boreali" ("Northern"). The CIF. was the predecessor of the Fédération
Internationale Feline (FIFe) and had been founded by the Societa Felina Italiana, the Cat
Club of Paris and the Fédération Suisse. The Second World War interrupted the breeding
programme and the German Longhair stagnated for several years before apparently dying
out. Dagmar Thies reported in 1979 that Mrs R Aschemeier had managed to locate German
Longhairs from original bloodlines and had bred them at Blasheimer mill since 1968. These
cats were considered very typy representatives of the breed and their descendents were useful
in re-establishing the breed. By 2005 there were a growing number of breeders interested in
preserving or recreating the German Longhair. They found foundation cats among free-
ranging farm cats that were close to Schwangart's German Longhair standard. The foundation
cats 5 of the remaining German Longhairs descended from Mrs Aschemeier's cats from 1968
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