Contacts went missing! but.....Global Address List?

Hi all, i recently accidentally deleted all contacts from the contact list using a third party app! Luckily however I noticed that most of my needed contacts are still available on the Exchange Global Address List link.
What is this Global Address List? where are my contacts really stored? Can I restore them?
I had previously set up my google account to sync my contacts and calender. Now even my contacts on google is GONE! What can I do? Thanks

On my phone I go to the Groups screen and at the bottom of the list it says "(account name) Global Address List".

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