Ostalgie
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ostalgie-174-22573
title:
Ostalgie
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In German culture, Ostalgie 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, is also sometimes used. Another term for the phenomenon is GDR nostalgia. The term was coined by the East German standup comic Uwe Steimle in 1992. Social scientist Thomas Ahbe argues that the term "ostalgia" is often misunderstood as a lack of willingness to integrate, an attempt to reverse Germ
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Nostalgia for aspects of life in East Germany
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostalgie
date created:
2004-03-01T13:34:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T15:25:59Z
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