The present invention describes a method for electronically and physically archiving documents, said method having the following steps: a) producing a file by a recording a digital image of the physical document using a camera; b) storing at least some information based on the file captured in step a) in an electronic memory; c) filing the captured physical document in a container or in one of a number of containers provided for the physical filing of the documents to be archived; d) linking a unique container identification and/or position information of the physical document in the container with the file produced in step a) and/or the information stored in an electronic memory in step b), and e) storing, in a database, the file produced in step a) and/or the information stored in an electronic memory in step b) with the link obtained in step d). The present invention also describes a container for carrying out the method according to the invention and also a computer program associated with the method, and an electronic data storage medium.