Ostalgie

1949–1990 country in central Europe, unified into modern Germany

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

2003 film directed by Wolfgang Becker

Trabant () is a series of small cars produced from 1957 until 1991 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. Four models were made: the Trabant 500, Trabant 600, Trabant 601, and the Trabant 1.1. The first model, the 500, was a relatively modern car when it was introduced.

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 ().

thumb|East German '''''' (; literally 'little traffic light man', diminutive of '''''' ) is the symbol shown on pedestrian signals in Germany. Prior to German reunification in 1990, the two German states had different forms of the pedestrian traffic lights, with a generic human figure in West Germany, and a generally "male" figure wearing a hat in the East.

thumb|Unser Sandmännchen in the Palace of the Republic, Berlin|Palace of the Republic thumb|Unser Sandmännchen in a hot air balloon Unser Sandmännchen ("Our Little Sandman"), Das Sandmännchen ("The Little Sandman"), Der Abendgruß ("The Evening-Greeting"), Abendgruß ("Evening-Greeting"), Der Sandmann ("The Sandman"), Sandmann ("Sandman"), Sandmännchen ("Little Sandman") is a German children's bedtime television program using stop-motion animation. The puppet was based on the Ole Lukøje character by Hans Christian Andersen.

East German radio and TV broadcaster

Berlin museum showing everyday life in East Germany

type of reuseable shopping bag

cola beverage produced in Germany

Swedish band founded by Heinz Klinger and Rolf Kempinski

Sonnenallee (Sun Avenue or Sun Alley) is a 1999 German comedy film about life in East Berlin in the early 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann. The film was released shortly before the corresponding novel, Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee (At the Shorter End of Sonnenallee). Both the book and the screenplay were written by Thomas Brussig and while they are based on the same characters and setting, differ in storyline significantly. Both the movie and the book emphasize the importance of pop-art and in particular, pop music, for the youth of East Berlin. The Sonnenallee is an actua

nostalgia in various post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia for the prior Communist states

trademarked gherkins

The Puhdys () were a German rock band formed in Oranienburg, East Germany, in 1969, although by then they had been performing together—with various lineups—as the Puhdys since 1965. Although they are especially popular in their native eastern Germany, the Puhdys enjoyed significant success outside the GDR, and were one of the first East German bands allowed to tour West Germany. They are one of the most successful German-language rock groups.

East German cola soft drink

1991 film by Peter Timm

German engineer and traffic psychologist (1927–2009)

2004 film by Carsten Fiebeler

Friendship! is a 2010 German comedy film directed by Markus Goller.

street in Berlin-Prenzlauer-Berg, Germany

overview of culture of East Germany