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Orders from holding group M
Ministerium für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten der DDR (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the GDR): Archival material from headquarters and the missions abroad
Archival material from the headquarters in Berlin of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the GDR held in groups M 10 to M 96 and material from the GDR’s missions abroad (MAV record groups) are to be ordered in the reading room via Inovar, using the term “MfAA ZR”:
Citation | Entry in Inovar for “Bestand” (record group) | Entry in Inovar for “Bestell-Nr.” (call number) |
PA AA, MfAA, M 30, ZR 2243/14 | MfAA ZR | 2243/14 |
PA AA, MfAA, MAV Bissau, ZR 6091/90 | MfAA ZR | 6091/90 |

In the past few years al lot of adjustments have been made in various record groups, therefore further particularities apply:
Old | New | Ordering methods in Inovar |
MfAA A | M 1 | M 1 A + current number |
MfAA C | M 1 | M 1 C + current number |
MfAA Dok | M 1 | M 1 Dok + current number |
MfAA LS-A | M 1 | M 1 L-SA + current number |
MfAA G-A | M 1 | M 1 G-A + current number |
MfAA MR-A | M 1 | M 1 MR-A + current number |
MfAA RA STE | M 1 | M 1 RA STE + current number |
MfAA RA MfAA | M 1 | M 1 RA STE + current number |
MfAA B | M 2 | M 2 B + current number |
MfAA P 16 | P 16 | P 16 + current number |
MfAA M 95 STG | M 95 | M 95 StG + current number |
MfAA M 95 | M 95 | M 95 + current number |