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GDR T-shirts, for sale in Berlin in 2004
GDR T-shirts, for sale in Berlin in 2004
GDR Memorabilia for sale in Berlin in 2006
GDR Memorabilia for sale in Berlin in 2006

Ostalgie is a German term referring to nostalgia for life in the former East Germany. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The term nostalgia describes a longing for the past often in idealized form The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state It is a portmanteau of the German words Ost (east) and Nostalgie (nostalgia).

After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and German reunification in the following year, most reminders of the old socialist regime were swept away as former citizens of the German Democratic Republic rushed to embrace their newfound political and economic westernness. The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung took place twice after 1945 first in 1957 the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Initially, all GDR brands of products disappeared from the stores and were replaced by Western products, regardless of their quality. However, with the passing of time some East Germans began to feel nostalgia for certain aspects of their lives in East Germany. Ostalgie particularly refers to the nostalgia for aspects of regular daily life and culture in the former GDR, which disappeared after reunification.

There are however, many former East and West German citizens who deny the existence of these cultural divisions as well as the existence of separate East and West German perspectives.

Many businesses in Germany cater to those who feel Ostalgie and have begun providing them with artifacts that remind them of life under the old regime; artefacts that imitate the old ones. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Now available are formerly defunct brands of East German foodstuffs, old state television programmes on video and DVD, and the previously widespread Wartburg and Trabant cars. Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Wartburg was a car manufactured in East Germany. It had a three- cylinder two-stroke engine with only seven moving parts The Trabant is an Automobile formerly produced by East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Saxony In addition, life in the GDR has been the subject of several recent films, including Leander Haußmann's Sonnenallee (1999), Wolfgang Becker's internationally successful Good Bye Lenin! (2003), and Carsten Fiebeler's Kleinruppin forever (2004). Leander Haußmann (sometimes Haussmann) ( June 26, 1959, Quedlinburg) is a German theatre and Film director. Sonnenallee ( Sun Lane) is a 1999 Comedy film about life in East Berlin in the 1970s Good Bye Lenin! is a German Tragicomedy Film, released internationally in 2003.

The term Ostalgie (along with the phrase Soviet chic) is occasionally used to refer to nostalgia for life under the socialist system in other former communist countries of Eastern Europe, most notably Poland and the Soviet Union. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. See also List of chics. Chic is an element of fashion and the counterpart of posh. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

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