Stasi files: History's biggest jigsaw puzzle?
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Stasi files: History's biggest jigsaw puzzle?

Published 1233 GMT (2033 HKT) November 7, 2014
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Mugshots of Henning Frunder taken by the Stasi after his arrest.
Frunder looks at fragments of paper which revealed the identity of the person who betrayed him. BStU
A Stasi Records Agency employee pieces together some of the 600 million fragments of paper. BStU
Frunder was contacted by the agency after pieces of paper were discovered with his name and the name of the Stasi agent who betrayed him. BStU
More than 15,000 bags containing fragments of paper were recovered. BStU