Nostalgia for the Polish People's Republic

"Polish Harley Davidson", Junak bike, 1956–1965, also since 2010

In modern Polish culture there is nostalgia for some aspects of life in the Polish People's Republic (Polish : Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL), the communist period of the country's history between 1947 and 1989. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

As with other manifestations of communist nostalgia, for people who lived during the period of the PRL, the two major factors that cause PRL nostalgia are a dissatisfaction with the present and memories of a happily recollected past. ^[5]

Businesses were quick to respond to the phenomenon by renewing the manufacture of products from PRL times, such as warm ice cream, zapiekanka, Polo-Cockta, podpiwek, Grodziskie, Junak motorcycles, and Ludwik laundry detergent. ^[6]

See also

• Museum of the Polish People's Republic, Kraków
• Nostalgia for the Soviet Union  – Post-1991 social phenomenon
• Ostalgie  – Nostalgia for aspects of life in East Germany
• Yugo-nostalgia  – Nostalgia for Yugoslavia among ex-Yugoslav populations

References

1. Karolina Golinowska, "Nostalgia for the PRL in contemporary Poland"
2. Christine Esche, Rosa Katharina Mossiah (formerly Timm), Sandra Topalska. "Lost and Found: Communism Nostalgia and Communist Chic Among Poland's Old and Young Generations". Humanity in Action. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
3. Renata Murawska, "Of the Polish People’s Republic and its Memory in Polish Film"
4. "Kapitan Żbik na tropie oranżady". wprost.pl. 14 March 2003. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
5. Monika Prusik, Maria Lewicka, Nostalgia for Communist Times and Autobiographical Memory: Negative Present or Positive Past?, Political Psychology, Volume 37, Issue 5 October 2016 doi : 10.1111/pops.12330
6. "Products Create Market for Communist Nostalgia in Eastern Europe", Spiegel Online, February 28, 2005

External links

• Communism Museum, Warsaw