Ostalgie
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Ostalgie is the German term coined for nostalgia for the old Socialist regime in East Germany (Ost being the German word for East, thus: Eastalgia would be an English equivalent).
The film ‘Goodbye Lenin’ gave an idea how many former citizens of the GDR (German Democratic Republic or DDR to give its German initials) have a great deal of nostalgia for the now defunct State which was disestablished and its territory absorbed into the Federal Republic (former West Germany).
Brand names familiar to GDR citizens have disappeared, along with the full employment, security in old age, comradeship, and many other things which the old Socialist state gave them. Gone is the State which subsidized basic food prices, the cost of housing and put the emphasis on public services.
