From [1]: In 2007 research began on developing a computer-aided reconstruction program in a pilot project. Since the launch of the test phase at the end of 201

From [1]: In 2007 research began on developing a computer-aided reconstruction program in a pilot project. Since the launch of the test phase at the end of 2013, approximately 60,000 pages from 18 bags have been reconstructed so far (status August 2020). So I guess it did work, some kind of software was implemented, and results are being produced. I wonder why they went through the trouble to shred enough paper to fill 16,000 bags, only to then archive the bags? So strange but I'm not a history buff so I don't know the details. Feels like it would have been way more efficient in terms of destroying the records if the bags had been thrown in a river/lake (or, obviously, burnt). Perhaps there was no time, although all that shredding and bagging must have taken a while. Almost makes we wish I spent more time on this when I visited Berlin. :) [1]: https://www.stasi-unterlagen-archiv.de/en/archives/the-reconstruction-of-torn-documents/ https://www.stasi-unterlagen-archiv.de/en/archives/the-recon...