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A fact from Jewish Historical Documentation Centre appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 April 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Jewish Documentation Center has been responsible for uncovering more than 1000 Nazi war criminals, including Adolf Eichmann?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/April.

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Has the Center closed?

The article is written in the past tense, as though the Center no longer exists. But I am not aware that is has closed, and the article itself makes no mention of closure. Is the use of the past tense appropriate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.30.48.43 (talk) 2010-04-13T02:37:18‎

Yes. It opened in 1947 and closed in 1954. But a NEW Centre opened in 1961 (and is probably still open). Instead of making this clearer, people have conflated the two, to varying degrees.

first Centre (1947-1954): Jewish Historical Documentation Centre de:Zentrum für jüdische historische Dokumentation
second Centre (1961-): Documentation Centre of the Association of Jewish Victims of the Nazi Regime de:Dokumentationszentrum des Bundes Jüdischer Verfolgter des Naziregimes

Currently, this (English) article is named for the first Centre (1947-1954). It still (correctly) says that the first Centre closed. It no longer (incorrectly) says that it re-opened. It's updated now to say that a similar Centre (similar founder(s) and similar function(s)) opened in 1961 (with a different name, in a different city). (This (English) article also discusses the second Centre, which does not have its own English article.)

Currently, the German article is named for the second Centre (1961-). (The German article also discusses the first Centre, which does not have its own German article.) -A876 (talk) 00:01, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Soviet Linz or American Linz?

The city was divided into two parts at the time the Center existed. I think it has to be remarked upon in which part its activities took place. Same for the branch in Vienna. Вечный подмастерье (talk) 01:27, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]