Germany: Greetings from the Politburo

Life is strange, no? Who’d have thought there would be such nostalgia in Germany for life in the now defunct GDR?  The 2003 film Goodbye Lenin, which poignantly recalled life in the German Democratic Republic, has been followed by the growth of Ostalgie, a celebration of the fashions, food and everyday hassles that characterised life in the communist state. Is it ok to be sentimental about life under a regime