Karsten Jedlitschka (The Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the Former GDR – Archives, DE): The Records of the State Security Service of the Former GDR co:op-READ-Convention Marburg Technology meets Scholarship, or how Handwritten Text Recognition will Revolutionize Access to Archival Collections. With a special focus on biographical data in archives Hessian State Archives Marburg Friedrichsplatz 15, D - 35037 Marburg 19-21 January 2016

1. The Lives of Others.
Stasi’s archival legacy
Dr. Karsten Jedlitschka

2. 29.01.2016 Folie 2
I. The archival legacy
II. Stasi information management: Index card
system
Example:
The Central card file on individuals (Zentrale
Personenkartei F 16/22)
Content

3. 99 km paper records (files, documents, maps,
technical drawings)
12 km Stasi index catalogues (4500 index
catalogues, 41 mio. cards)
47 km Stasi microfilms
15,500 bags with shredded records
1,7 Mio. images (negatives, positives, slides)
30,200 sound and video recordings
46 Stasi data projects
29.01.2016 Folie 3
Stasi Archives

4. II Information management:
Index card system

5. Zentrale Personenkartei - Central Card file on individuals

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