It wasn't just the '80s. Overt patriotism (not nationalism - plain old patriotism) was frowned on, actively, until 2006 when the World Cup came to Germany.
It was literally the first time I saw flags everywhere (my mother and I passed through that summer on our way to Italy).
My mother was thrilled to marry a Canadian. She had a literal complex about telling people she was German and she sort of avoids it to this day. That attitude is passing.
Some still disapprove. In 2010 some Turkish-Germans in Berlin put up a 20 foot flag along the side of their building (biggest flag in Germany). It was stolen by left-wingers twice and they had to have someone sit up at night to guard it.
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It was literally the first time I saw flags everywhere (my mother and I passed through that summer on our way to Italy).
My mother was thrilled to marry a Canadian. She had a literal complex about telling people she was German and she sort of avoids it to this day. That attitude is passing.
Some still disapprove. In 2010 some Turkish-Germans in Berlin put up a 20 foot flag along the side of their building (biggest flag in Germany). It was stolen by left-wingers twice and they had to have someone sit up at night to guard it.