Ostalgie
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In German culture, Ostalgie (Template:IPA-de) is nostalgia for aspects of life in Communist East Germany. It is a portmanteau of the German words Ost (east) and Nostalgie (nostalgia). Its anglicised equivalent, ostalgia (rhyming with "nostalgia"), is also sometimes used.
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See also
- Ampelmännchen: the waiting/walking man used in East German pedestrian traffic lights, which became a distinctive mascot for the Ostalgie movement
- Culture of the German Democratic Republic
- DDR Museum, Berlin has exhibitions on life in East Germany and extensive collections of Ostalgie items.
- Die anderen Bands
- Do Communists Have Better Sex?: a documentary that compares the sexuality of East and West Germany
- Good Bye, Lenin!: a satirical film involving a post-reunification deception (2003)
- Go Trabi Go: an early post-unification comedy film in which an East German family go on their first holiday in the West in their Trabant 601 (1991).
- Net shopping bag: The ubiquitous DDR Einkaufsnetz is now a retro fashion item.
- Ostrock
- Sonnenallee: a film that has been accused of "glorifying" the GDR (1999)
- The Lives of Others: a German film seen as a counterpoint to Ostalgie.
- Trabant: East German automobile produced until 1991; for some, an icon of East Germany.
- Vita Cola: an example of a product revived by Ostalgie
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