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What Was The Iron Curtain, and What Was The Significance of It's "Lifting" For Central Europeans?

The Iron Curtain was a metaphor used to describe the boundary between communist Eastern Europe and capitalist Western Europe. It represented the ideological and physical division in Europe after World War II. The curtain symbolized the Soviet Union's desire to isolate itself from outside influences. Its restrictions were most intense under Joseph Stalin but lessened after his death. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 suddenly collapsed this boundary, weakening the Soviet Union. It brought freedom to Germany and other Eastern European nations that had been under Soviet control. It ultimately allowed Central Europeans to reunify and rejoin the greater European community.

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What Was The Iron Curtain, and What Was The Significance of It's "Lifting" For Central Europeans?

The Iron Curtain was a metaphor used to describe the boundary between communist Eastern Europe and capitalist Western Europe. It represented the ideological and physical division in Europe after World War II. The curtain symbolized the Soviet Union's desire to isolate itself from outside influences. Its restrictions were most intense under Joseph Stalin but lessened after his death. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 suddenly collapsed this boundary, weakening the Soviet Union. It brought freedom to Germany and other Eastern European nations that had been under Soviet control. It ultimately allowed Central Europeans to reunify and rejoin the greater European community.

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The Iron Curtain and its significance on Europe Jasgeet Singh

What was the Iron Curtain, and what was the significance of its lifting for Central Europeans?
The Iron Curtain was a metaphor to describe the boundary that separated the Communist, Eastern European, Soviet nations from the Western, capitalist European nations made famous by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1946. The curtain was both physical and ideological was it demonstrated the division within Europe post World War II. The Iron Curtain was a symbol the Soviet Unions desire to block it self from the open communication with non- Soviet areas The Iron Curtin was in particularly intense during the time when Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union (1924-1953), however the restrictions and rigidity were reduced after his death, until the contraction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. The Berlin Wall reinforced the division within Europe, and was a desperate effort by the Soviet Government to stop East Berliners (Soviet Controlled Berlin) to West Berlin was controlled by the Western Allies. On 9th of November 1989, overnight the Berlin was collapsed all of a sudden; the East Germany government announced this. It symbolized the weakening Communist Soviet Union. It was significant as it brought freedom to Germany citizens, in particular East and West Berliners, and the unification of Germany in 1990. It also produced the eventually collapse of the Soviet Union bring freedom to many Eastern European nations that had been under the influence of the Soviet Union. Allowing them to create their own state and identity once again and more significantly made possible for central Europeans to return home and be part of the greater, unified European community.

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