Goodbye Ossi

 The Demise of Eastern German Identity

 by Stefan Berg

For years following reunification, those from the communist east saw themselves as "eastern Germans." Now, more than two decades after the Berlin Wall fell, that identity is rapidly disappearing. East Germany is almost completely gone.  More

• Photo Gallery: Searching for Eastern Germany

 

Eastern Germans are still far more likely than others to strip down at the beach, a remnant of the communist country's "FKK" culture. But other aspects of East German life are becoming much more difficult to identify.