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iron curtain Eiserner Vorhang Iron curtain nuclear battle Iron Curtain speech Jernteppe

An impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries WordNet 3.0

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The Iron Curtain is a political metaphor used to describe the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. Wikipedia

Term symbolizing the ideological-political conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe during the Cold War Wikidata

The dividing line between Western Europe and the Soviet controlled regions, especially during the Cold War. Wiktionary

The dividing line between western Europe and the Soviet controlled regions. Wiktionary (translation)

Any impenetrable barrier. Wiktionary

Impenetrable barrier. Wiktionary (translation)

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ideological barrier

political border

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Czechoslovak border fortifications during the Cold War

Berlin Wall

Inner German border