Europe after the end of World War II was divided by an Iron Curtain: The separation of the American and Russian zones in Austria. 1946-49.
Group of People Visiting Marx Engles Platz before May Day Parade, East Berlin, German Democratic Republic, 1961.
The Conservative politician Winston Churchill with the American President Harry Truman, before leaving for Fulton, Missouri, where Churchill made his...
With the barbed wire barricade that symbolizes the Iron Curtain between them, officials of the little town of Neustadt, West Germany, , talk with...
Section of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, seen from the western side of the divide. The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German...
Berlin Wall Photo - October 1961 - While the Communist Wall Within Berlin is Being Strengthened, the East Germans Are Preparing Even a Bigger 'Death...
An abandon former East German military barracks near a section of the course of the former Berlin Wall, Oranienburg, Berlin. The Berlin Wall was a...
The Iron Curtain delimits the border that stretched across Europe during the Cold War, separating European states under Soviet influence from...
Three Communist 'VOLPO's', East German Police, Stretch to Get a Look Over a Cemetery Wall Which Happens to Run Along the West Berlin Border.
An US tank stands at border crossing point Prinzenstrasse in Berlin in August 1961. From the 13th of August in 1961 on, the day of the construction...
Matus, a seven-year-old Slovak boy, wears a Soviet military hat as he stands by remains of the border fences from the former 'Iron curtain' between...
Two men scaling the Berlin Wall during a protest at a section of the wall at the Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin. The Berlin Wall was a barrier...
Sign warning people leaving the former American Sector of Berlin on the former course of the Berlin Wall, near Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin. The Berlin...
Sign indicating the end of the American sector next to the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, West Berlin. The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by...
The Iron Curtain delimits the border that stretched across Europe during the Cold War, separating European states under Soviet influence from...
Remnants of the Iron Curtain, or the border between East and West Germany, near Hoetensleben. The German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, was a...
Washington, DC- James Angleton, former CIA counter-intelligence chief, tells the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, September 24th, that the...
Circus performer climbs atop East Side Gallery, a section of the former Berlin Wall, during celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the fall of the...
Here, on the Line Between the Outskirts of West Berlin and East Germany, the Communists Are Clearing a 100 Meter Strip. In Distant Background is an...
Berlin Wall Photo - 1961 - Three Communist 'VOLPO's', East German Police, Stretch to Get a Look Over a Cemetery Wall Which Happens to Run Along the...
Berlin Wall Photo - August 1961 - Crowds of West Berliners Stand Before the Now Closed Brandenburg Gate, Formerly a Principle Crossing Point Between...
Berlin Wall Photo - August 1961 - Military Water Trucks, With High-Pressure Hoses Mounted in Their Turrets, Are Lined Up in Lead Position Along the...
Berlin Wall Photo - August 1961 - East German Army Reconnaissance Car Stands Guard By Brandenburg Gate.
May 2019, Hessen, Ehrenberg: A sign on the former border between Ehrenberg in Hesse and Birx in Thuringia shows the course of the former Iron Curtain...
Soviet tanks patrol in a street of Budapest on November 13, 1956 as Hungarians look on. The uprising broke out on October 23, 1956 and was bloodily...
Visitors look at items made in the former, communist East Germany, or DDR, at the VEB Orange store on October 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The store...
Man walking along a pedestrianised section of the course of the former Berlin Wall, south-west Berlin. The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by...
People walking past a section of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, seen from the western side of the divide. The Berlin Wall was a barrier...
Section of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin looking into no-man's land. The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German...
People on a viewing platform looking down on a section of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, seen from the western side of the divide. The...
Sun reflecting on the columns of the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin, which acted as a section of the Berlin Wall. The route of the Wall, which...
Former East German lookout tower in Treptow on the course of the former Berlin Wall. The route of the Wall, which stood from 1961-1989, has been...
Signs in Russian near Wuensdorf Station, south of Berlin, prior to the Red Army departing Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall...
Wrecked shell of an East German Trabant motor car near a section of the course of the former Berlin Wall, Oranienburg, Berlin. The Berlin Wall was a...
The Iron Curtain delimits the border that stretched across Europe during the Cold War, separating European states under Soviet influence from...