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WHAT REMAINS This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)59.120.225.187 on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:33:49 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)59.120.225.187 on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:33:49 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms WHAT REMAINS EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS WITH THE SOCIALIST PAST IN GERMANY JONATHAN BACH Columbia University Press New York This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)59.120.225.187 on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:33:49 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex cup.columbia.edu Copyright © 2017 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Bach, Jonathan P. G., author. Title: What remains: everyday encounters with the socialist past in Germany / Jonathan Bach. Description: New York: Columbia University Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifi ers: LCCN 2017009184 | ISBN 9780231182706 (cloth: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231544306 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Socialism—Germany—History. | Germany— History—Unifi cation, 1990. | Germany—Economic conditions. | Nostalgia— Social aspects. Classifi cation: LCC HX274.B33 2017 | DDC 335.430943—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017009184 Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America Cover design: Noah Arlow This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)59.120.225.187 on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:33:49 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms To Yukiko 1 This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)59.120.225.187 on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:33:49 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)59.120.225.187 on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:33:49 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1 “Th e Taste Remains” 13 2 Collecting Communism 45 3 Unbuilding 91 4 Th e Wall After the Wall 137 Epilogue: Exit Ghost 171 Notes 183 Bibliography 223 Index 245 This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)59.120.225.187 on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:35:29 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)59.120.225.187 on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:35:29 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURES Figure 1.1. Intershop 2000 in Berlin 14 Figure 1.2. (N)Ostalgia T-shirt 16 Figure 1.3. Cigarettes from Saxony 26 Figure 1.4. Spee brand detergent box from the GDR 30 Figure 1.5. An East packet 32 Figure 1.6. Ostalgia schnapps 34 Figure 1.7. East products trade fair salesman 40 Figure 1.8. Sternquell beer and youth dreams 42 Figure 2.1. Newsletter from the Society for the Documentation of GDR Everyday Culture 55 Figure 2.2. Entry ticket to Zeitreise Museum 57 Figure 2.3. Flyer for GDR Museum Kampehl 58 Figure 2.4. Televisions on display 60 Figure 2.5. Grocery store with full shelves 61 Figure 2.6. Stack of hi-fi units 69 Figure 2.7. Intimate garments 72 Figure 2.8. Trying on clothes 72 Figure 2.9. Living room diorama with woman mannequin ironing 73 Figure 2.10. Surveillance footage from GDR era 75 Figure 2.11. “Interrogation Room” at the DDR Museum Berlin 78 This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)59.120.225.187 on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:35:43 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms x (cid:89) Illustrations Figure 2.12. Confronting viewers with their past 82 Figure 2.13. Grocery store with meager products 88 Figure 3.1. Milk Bar in the Palace of the Republic 94 Figure 3.2. Th e Palace of the Republic 99 Figure 3.3. Th e famous glass fl ower in the palace 101 Figure 3.4. Dancing in the palace 102 Figure 3.5. Castle simulation 112 Figure 3.6. “Th e castle will be built” 118 Figure 3.7. Palace interior after asbestos removal 122 Figure 3.8. Th e Mountain ( Der Berg ) 125 Figure 3.9. “Dying is also an art”: Supernova performance in the palace 126–127 Figure 3.10. Demolition of the Palace of the Republic 131 Figure 3.11. Th e Anti-Humboldt 133 Figure 3.12. “Th e GDR Never Existed” 133 Figure 3.13. Lawn where the palace once stood 134 Figure 4.1. Black crosses at Checkpoint Charlie 143 Figure 4.2. Cobblestone wall path 146 Figure 4.3. Berlin Wall History Trail Map 147 Figure 4.4. Steel rods marking the Berlin Wall 152 Figure 4.5. Berlin Wall National Monument 153 Figure 4.6. Chapel of Reconciliation 153 Figure 4.7. Fake soldiers at Checkpoint Charlie 156 Figure 4.8. Tourists posing with Berlin Wall segment 157 Figure 4.9. See the wall here! 159 Figure 4.10. East Side Gallery in 1990 161 Figure 4.11. East Side Gallery in 2009 161 Figure 4.12. Encampment in Potsdamer Platz, 1990 163 Figure 4.13. Luxury apartment building Living Levels rising above the East Side Gallery 165 This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)59.120.225.187 on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:35:43 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms

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