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In 1930, the German press described the Nefertiti bust as their new monarch, personifying it as a queen.

As the "' most precious ... stone in the setting of the diadem ' from the art treasures of ' Prussia Germany '", Nefertiti would re-establish the imperial German national identity after 1918.

Hitler described the bust as " a unique masterpiece, an ornament, a true treasure ", and pledged to build a museum to house it.

By the 1970s, the bust had become an issue of national identity to both the German states – East Germany and West Germany – which were created after World War II.

In 1999, Nefertiti appeared on an election poster for the green political party Bündis 90 / Die Grünen as a promise for cosmopolitan and multi-cultural environment with the slogan " Strong Women for Berlin!

" According to Claudia Breger, another reason that the Nefertiti bust became associated with a German national identity was its place as a rival to the Tutankhamun find by the British, who then ruled Egypt.