The Iron Curtain In Germany

A chain link fence rising from the waters of the Baltic Sea on the beach at Travemunde marks the northernmost point of the border, known as the Iron Curtain, between West and East Germany in September 1989. The Iron Curtain is a political boundary, created in 1945, that divides Western European nations from Eastern Bloc countries united under the Warsaw Pact defence treaty. (Photo by Peter Jordan/Popperfoto via Getty Images)