Ostalgie

Then it's back to politics and a but-seriously-folks sort of question: [W] hile Ostalgie is widely practiced in today's Germany without causing ethical problems, one (for the time being, at least) cannot imagine publicly practicing a Nazi nostalgia: Good Bye Hitler instead of Good Bye Lenin [I wouldn't, but some would counter with the example of Downfall].

GreenCine Daily: Zizek on Lives. 2007

In fact, Germans from both sides of the fading divide have responded to Mr. Liefers's approach, warm and personal yet still critical, more nuanced than either the idealized nostalgia known as Ostalgie or the negative emphasis only on oppression and the secret police.

NYT > Home Page By NICHOLAS KULISH 2009

In fact, Germans from both sides of the fading divide have responded to Mr. Liefers's approach, warm and personal yet still critical, more nuanced than either the idealized nostalgia known as Ostalgie or the negative emphasis only on oppression and the secret police.

NYT > Home Page 2009

In fact, Germans from both sides of the fading divide have responded to Mr. Liefers's approach, warm and personal yet still critical, more nuanced than either the idealized nostalgia known as Ostalgie or the negative emphasis only on oppression and the secret police.

NYT > Home Page 2009

In fact, Germans from both sides of the fading divide have responded to Mr. Liefers's approach, warm and personal yet still critical, more nuanced than either the idealized nostalgia known as Ostalgie or the negative emphasis only on oppression and the secret police.

NYT > Global Home 2009

Anyone who visits "K nstlerplakate," a new exhibit of East German posters from the communist era at NYU's Grey Art Gallery, expecting to find a cheerful socialist realism that invites "Ostalgie" (nostalgia for East German culture and its attendant kitsch) will be disappointed.

The Flicker of Art Through Tyranny 2010

"It is very grim stuff, which Mungiu succeeds in turning into a parable for the wretchedness and squalor of everything in 1980s Romania: there is no question of any 'Ostalgie' for the communists here."

GreenCine Daily: Cannes. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days. 2007

Though hardly dewy-eyed, there's no question that the film does embrace "Ostalgie" to a degree -- think of the scene at the theater towards the end of the film between Dreyman and the former minister.

GreenCine Daily: Shorts, 11/30. 2006

Over the past few years, Germans have been gripped by a fad called "Ostalgie", a tongue-in-cheek celebration of relics, products and music from the former DDR.

Daimnation!: "Stasiland" 2003

Other films, such as Heroes Like Us helped get the "Ostalgie" ball rolling years ago.

GreenCine Daily 2009