German reunification

Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1982–1998)

process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany

2003 film directed by Wolfgang Becker

speech given by John F. Kennedy in West Berlin in June 1963

national day of Germany on 3 October

1990 treaty making Germany fully independent

thumb|250px|Willy Brandt (left) and [[Willi Stoph in Erfurt 1970, the first encounter of a Federal Chancellor with his East German counterpart, an early step in the de-escalation of the Cold War]] Neue Ostpolitik (German for "new eastern policy"), or Ostpolitik () for short, was the normalization of relations between the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, or West Germany) and Eastern Europe, particularly the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) beginning in 1969. Influenced by Egon Bahr, who proposed "change through rapprochement" in a 1963 speech at the Evangelische Akademie Tutz

thumb|GDR T-shirts, for sale in Berlin in 2004 thumb|right|Soviet and GDR Memorabilia for sale in Berlin in 2006 thumb|right|Jägerschnitzel, a popular East German cuisine item 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 (rhyming with "nostalgia"), is also sometimes used. Another term for the phenomenon is GDR nostalgia ().

speech delivered by President Ronald Reagan of the USA in West Berlin in June 1987

1989–1990 process disestablishing the GDR

five re-established states in former East Germany that acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany with its 10 states upon German reunification on 3 October 1990

1952 communication by Joseph Stalin

1990 state treaty that governs the borders between Germany and Poland

German politician

states in West Germany

1949 assembly election in East Germany

association football competition

Stasi Prison Museum

transitional 1990 merger of East German economy into West Germany

planned national German monument in Berlin