Cats
"Katzenverein des Deutschen Reiches" (Cat Club of the German Reich), which was the only
breeding club at this time. It was grouped in the longhair class together with the Persian and
Birman. In October 1939 it was recognised by the Confédération Internationale Féline (CIF)
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
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