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'Puzzle Women': Piecing together the files destroyed by East Germany's secret police - Reporters
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Author/contributor
- Tonelli, Niagara (Director)
Title
'Puzzle Women': Piecing together the files destroyed by East Germany's secret police - Reporters
Abstract
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, a team of archivists has been tirelessly sorting, pasting and reassembling documents that were destroyed by the Stasi, the East German secret police. Nicknamed the "Puzzle Women", these heroines of collective memory face the Herculean task of piecing together these files: the paper fragments are sometimes tiny, and the number of archivists is only a fraction of what would be required to complete the job without recourse to new technology.
Studio
France 24
Date
12/01/2024, 20:45
Running Time
31:58
Language
English
Short Title
'Puzzle Women'
Accessed
02/02/2024, 19:45
Call Number
D
Rights
Freedom of Expression
Extra
Germany
Citation
Tonelli, N. (2024, January 12). “Puzzle Women”: Piecing together the files destroyed by East Germany’s secret police - Reporters. France 24. https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20240112-puzzle-women-piecing-together-the-files-destroyed-by-east-germany-s-secret-police
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