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Nostalgia for 900 Million Murdered

Friday, February 28th, 2003

Apparently, Germans are lusting for the good ol’ days of communism. You know — gulags, bread lines, secret police.

A theme park is on the way.

Ach, du meine gute.

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8 Responses to “Nostalgia for 900 Million Murdered”

  1. #1 |  Anonymous |  February 28th, 2003 at 12:50 pm

    Naturlich.

  2. #2 |  Chris Farley |  February 28th, 2003 at 2:37 pm

    I hear the employees aren’t allowed to leave the park and will be shot if they try.

    Do you think they will get Lenin as a centerpiece attraction?

  3. #3 |  Patrick |  February 28th, 2003 at 4:04 pm

    Will high income visitors have to pay more to enter the park?

  4. #4 |  Sara |  February 28th, 2003 at 4:28 pm

    I have a poster from a (former) East German art gallery (in Weimar, a university town) for an exhibition called (roughly translated) “Enough with it,” referring to reunited Germany. It is illustrated with a photo of the statues of Lenin and Marx in Berlin, with “We are not guilty” scrawled at the bottom.

  5. #5 |  Sara |  February 28th, 2003 at 4:33 pm

    Crap–how did that happen: Marx and ENGELS, the statue is of Marx and Engels, which is obviously quite different.
    I think I need some sleep.

  6. #6 |  Jason N |  February 28th, 2003 at 5:14 pm

    Don’t say a ride sux or you may face a death squad.

    Amperestunde, Gute Zeiten!

  7. #7 |  Devin |  February 28th, 2003 at 9:17 pm

    “Hoping to capitalise on a wave of nostalgia for Communist East Germany”
    Ha, I love it. hoping to CAPITALIZE on communism, is this not the epitome of irony? They finally found something communism was good for… making money.