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Luckenwalde Journal; In East Germany, Bad Ol Days Good Look Now.
Luckenwalde, Germany The thousands who thronged the city from east to a rock concert in early August came not only to hear the Puhdys, once the most popular group in East Germany, but also to revel in their east German past.
Axel Badura, whose house is near the outdoor arena here, watched from her window by the audience listened He was not surprised by the turnout.
Part of the appeal is that people want to hear the music they grew up with, but this is not the whole explanation, M. Badura said that people say that everything in Germany is bad.
In time, we didn t have a crime problem, we didn t have traffic jams, we didn t have trouble finding places in kindergarten for our children, and no one had to fear be thrown out of work for some time after the unification, people ashamed to admit that they had grown up in east Germany, but now we are starting to be proud of.
At the concert, the distinctive flavors of the Cabinet and F6 cigarettes, which were popular in East Germany and are still made in Saxony and Thuringia, suspended above the crowd sellers have done good business in T-shirts bearing old commercials for products ranging from east German detergents buffers.
A wave of nostalgia for the days of communist rule is speading across East Germany For many people, it does not reflect a desire to return to the old days of repression, but rather a growing sense of confidence itself.
This sentiment is clearly exposed to dozens of shops that specialize in local products, which are proudly advertised with slogans such as beer here and East-Made.
Many Orientals say they have stopped trying to enjoy the popular white wines in the west and returned to sweet red with whom they grew They also buy back their sweet mustard familiar rather sharper brands favored west.
At holiday time, Orientals will automatically follow their western cousins travel agents in the cities of the East say that bookings for travel in Tunisia and the Canary Islands, which are popular among West Germans, fell sharply, while visits to the eastern destinations such as Romania and Bulgaria are often sold some travelers even use their former East German passports, many of which are valid until the end of 1995.
He is drug against a disease they brought on themselves, what is broken confidence and loss of identity, said Monika Maron, a prominent writer who left East Germany in 1988 Now, the eater of Bautzen mustard or grilled sausage of Thuringia can feel like a resistance fighter.
Some celebrations of the East German past are meant as satire, such as theme parties which are increasingly popular in night clubs and colleges in these parties, giant photos of Erich Honecker and other communist leaders fallen hook on the walls visitors are often admitted free if they wear blue smocks who scored once members of the communist youth group.
Perhaps the most visible symbol of East Germany was the Trabant, a smell, slow car that is built more in the euphoria of German unification, many Orientals could not wait to get rid their Trabant to abandon them by the hundreds along small roads But now they are collectibles.
Many trabis, as they were called, are now seen decorated in bright colors that were not available in East Germany A mechanic from Berlin, Harald Erpel, a Trabi divided in half and welded an American limousine made in the middle, he rents one full coach with driver, TV and mini bar, for parties and weddings.
Business is booming, he said Trabi is loved like never before.
The nostalgia for East Germany also has a serious side, reflected most vividly in the revival of the Communist Party Party leaders found that campaigns emphasizing the positive aspects of life in East Germany and training Western loopholes to have arrogantly refused to recognize pay handsomely to the polls.
Eastern politicians from other parties also seek to foster a sense of trust in indigenous self One of the most popular figures in the region, Regine Hildebrandt, who is responsible for social policy in Brandenburg, likes to tell the public we are someone again And when Rainer Eppelmann, a former dissident who is now a deputy, he wondered what was right in east Germany, he simply answers, us.
However, the new nostalgia is expressed, it reflects the Orientals desire not to lose touch with the life they have lived for decades before the Berlin Wall was breached in 1989.
We East Germans believed that we lived better than anyone in the Eastern bloc, said the historian and essayist Gunter de Bruyn Then when unification came, we were told that everything we produce was undesirable that hurt, and activated anti-Western prejudices bred in us by years of anti-capitalist propaganda.
A legend is growing that maintains that if the West does hadn deceived our people and forced unification on us, everything would have been fine, it reflects When you hear this, you can not have the bad desire that Germany 's West had left our bankrupt country stew in its own juices for a while so that nobody would ever be able to believe such a legend.
Photo A wave of nostalgia for the communist years is spreading throughout East Germany A teenager, center, wearing a T-shirt with a symbol of the German flag last weekend at a rock concert in the city of Luckenwalde Stephan Doblinger Paparazzi for the New York Times of Germany Map showing the location of Luckenwalde.
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