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Central Register of Foreign Nationals (Germany)
The Central Register of Foreign Nationals is a German database, containing personal information about approximately 26 million foreign nationals. Of these, as of February 2009, approximately 4.5 million are EU citizens.
History
The predecessor of the Central Register of Foreign Nationals was the Ausländerzentralkartei which was established in 1938 by the Nazi government. In 1953 the Central Register of Foreign Nationals was established. ==Criticism==
Criticism
The Federal office responsible for administering the Central Register of Foreign Nationals was awarded a Big Brother Award for their operation of the database, for the given reason of "institutionalized official discrimination of non-German citizens in Germany". ==References==