In modern Polish culture there is

nostalgia Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. The word ''nostalgia'' is a neoclassical compound derived from Greek language, Greek, consisting of (''nóstos''), a Homeric word me ...

for some aspects of life in the

Polish People's Republic The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), and also often simply known as Poland, was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland. ...

(, PRL), the communist period of the country's history between 1947 and 1989. 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. Businesses were quick to respond to the phenomenon by renewing the manufacture of products from PRL times, such as warm ice cream, Polo-Cockta, podpiwek, Junak motorcycles, and Ludwik laundry detergent."Products Create Market for Communist Nostalgia in Eastern Europe"
''Spiegel Online'', February 28, 2005

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Communism Museum, Warsaw
Polish People's Republic Culture of Poland Retro style {{Poland-stub

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