For the past few years, German moviegoers have been overfeeding on ostalgie, a cultish nostalgia for life behind the Iron Curtain in the former German Democratic Republic. It has swept across Germany, ...

This article analyzes artistic, promotional, and theatrical efforts to musealize Halle-Neustadt in the 2000s, in an attempt to attract visitors and rejuvenate a shrinking city, by simultaneously ...

All things East German are back in vogue, with a major art exhibition and an acclaimed film part of the bandwagon, writes Derek… All things East German are back in vogue, with a major art exhibition ...

Contemporary works are casting a new light on sentimentality for Communism. By Evan Moffitt WHEN THE ARTIST Henrike Naumann first saw “The Flintstones” on TV, she thought it depicted what life was ...

"Trabi Duft", a tin of exhaust fumes from the ubiquitous East German car, is the latest in a seemingly unending line of "Ostalgie" products marketed since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Although many ...

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Ostalgieis a trend found in eastern Germany and other parts of the former East Bloc. It emerged after the collapse of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Spreewald ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Ostalgie: Fall of the Curtain The Cold War is coming to an end, and "cradles of the revolution" join the fight for their existence in the system of new ...