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Comments After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the symbols of daily life in East Germany soon started to disappear as well.
The Ostmark currency, the beloved but dreadful excuse for an automobile known as the Trabant, the charmless Interflug national airline; all eventually vanished.
At least one thing from the German Democratic Republic, however, didn’t disappear, and has in fact thrived since reunification.
That would be Kostritzer Schwarzbier, a “black” lager that has been made in the eastern part of Germany since the 16th century. (more…)
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