“If we're going to have Kati Witt and 'The G. D. R. Show,' why not have a Nazi-era celebrity introducing 'The Third Reich Show?”

—  Günter Nooke

New York Times, October 1, 2003: "Artifacts of Überkitsch Evoke Old East Germany; High and Low Culture Offer Powerful Reminders"
To German journalists, on so-called Ostalgie revival television shows

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