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GDR memorabilia is prominently displayed at Zur Firma, an East Berlin pub that recalls East Germany's feared secret police organization, the Stasi.

East Germany Makes Light of Its Dark Past

Nostalgia for the Communist past has found a new vogue in Berlin.

Photographs for TIME by Hermann Bredehorst / Polaris

Raising a Glass to East Germany

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