The Iron Curtain was a barrier separating Europe. This barrier separated Europe in two sections splitting Germany in half (fig. 1). The iron curtain was established at the end of World War II and was there until 1989. The Soviet Union’s goal was to protect itself and its satellite states from open contact with non-Soviet-controlled areas. The iron curtain was manned and defended militarily.
Winston Churchill had made the Iron Curtain speech (fig2)Many people coined the phrase ‘iron curtain’ but I wasn’t popularized until this man’s speech. He was famous for the V-sign (fig. 3) as we call the “peace sign”. To him the V meant victory. Adolf Hitler, who was the leader of the Nazi Party, did this sign (fig.4) as if they were playing rock, paper, scissors and according to the rules scissors …show more content…
In 1941 Germany went against that pact and invaded the Soviet Union. After WW2 the Soviet Union wanted to surround itself with a “buffer” border of countries it had power over. Hence, the iron curtain.
My dad was telling me about a report he read about the iron curtain, the report covered the people’s point of view who weren’t involved in the building. Since Germany was split in half, the ones who had families and homes in East Germany, went to work in West Germany. By the time they drove back, the wall was built and keeping them on the other side, away from their families. I could not picture how hard it would be to be that person coming back from work, and not being able to go home.
The iron curtain was finally lifted on June 27, 1989. Today, some people still don’t know why or how the berlin wall, “iron curtain”, got lifted. Communism collapsed and freedom and democracy came with open arms. There is an Iron Curtain monument in the Southern part of the Czech Republic. A few hundred meters of the original fence, and one of the guard towers, is still
Winston Churchill had made the Iron Curtain speech (fig2)Many people coined the phrase ‘iron curtain’ but I wasn’t popularized until this man’s speech. He was famous for the V-sign (fig. 3) as we call the “peace sign”. To him the V meant victory. Adolf Hitler, who was the leader of the Nazi Party, did this sign (fig.4) as if they were playing rock, paper, scissors and according to the rules scissors …show more content…
In 1941 Germany went against that pact and invaded the Soviet Union. After WW2 the Soviet Union wanted to surround itself with a “buffer” border of countries it had power over. Hence, the iron curtain.
My dad was telling me about a report he read about the iron curtain, the report covered the people’s point of view who weren’t involved in the building. Since Germany was split in half, the ones who had families and homes in East Germany, went to work in West Germany. By the time they drove back, the wall was built and keeping them on the other side, away from their families. I could not picture how hard it would be to be that person coming back from work, and not being able to go home.
The iron curtain was finally lifted on June 27, 1989. Today, some people still don’t know why or how the berlin wall, “iron curtain”, got lifted. Communism collapsed and freedom and democracy came with open arms. There is an Iron Curtain monument in the Southern part of the Czech Republic. A few hundred meters of the original fence, and one of the guard towers, is still