The+Iron+Curtain

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The Iron was the political, military, and ideological barrier made by the Soviet Union after World War II. It was erected in 1945 to seal Russia off from noncommunist countries and keep its communist citizens in. Many countries converted and forced into communist control were Poland, Eastern Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. Western European countries outside the wall were independent and could have any type of government they chose.======

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Life inside the wall was much different than life outside the wall. Citizens under communist control were treated harshly and unfairly. Most people were poor and had barely enough money to get by. Do to the communist government style no matter what job you had everyone made the same amount of money, resulting in have a large population of poor citizens. Not only were they treated unfairly but the world the lived in was depressing. The architecture and color of buildings were very different than architecture in Western Europe. Most buildings inside the wall were not painted or decorated. They were only made for purpose of what they were being used for. Outside of the wall buildings were decorated, colored, and were often happier working environments. ======

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Citizens of Eastern Europe under communist control grew tired of being treated harshly and began making escape attempts to Western Europe. The attempts were nearly impossible because of the Iron Curtain’s deadly set up. There were many different obstacles people had to get past to get to Western Europe. Some obstacles they had to cross were, large areas of raked sand that showed footprints, guard towers, anti-vehicle ditches, anti-personal mines, razor sharp anti-personal fence, tall concrete walls with barb wire coiled at the top, and no mans land. All day and all night guards waited in their guard towers for citizens trying to cross the Iron Curtain. They were armed and shot anyone who tried to cross. At night spotlights shined down on large empty spaces between obstacles know as no mans land. All of these obstacles made crossing the Iron Curtain basically impossible. Only some citizens were lucky enough to reach Western Europe. Approximately 100,000 lives were claimed by the Iron Curtain’s deadly obstacles. ======

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After 46 years of cruelty and unfair treatment the Iron Curtain was finally destroyed in 1991 at the end of the Cold War. The Iron Curtain is still to this day know as one of the world’s most important events in our history. ======