Name
The agency is formally called the office of The Federal Commissioner Preserving the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic (German: Der Bundesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, usually referred to as Der Bundesbeauftragte für die Stasi-Unterlagen and abbreviated BStU).
In German, the office is informally often referred to as the Gauck office (German: Gauck-Behörde), Birthler office (German: Birthler-Behörde) or Jahn office (German: Jahn-Behörde), always after the incumbent federal commissioner.
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