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This is the Iron Curtain, or at least, part of it.

This barrier of concrete and steel was what divided Europe for 45 years, first metaphorically and then physically. This is the Berlin Wall's bigger, longer brother stretching from the north of Germany at Potenitz to Mittelhammer in the South. At 1378 Km long this border between East and West Germany was erected in the name of the "Anti-Facist Protection Wall", known simply to every German as "die Grenze". Along with the Berlin Wall the aim was to stop the "brain drain" of professionals and skilled workers from East to West.

Hotensleben, Germany.

Description
This is the Iron Curtain, or at least, part of it.

This barrier of concrete and steel was what divided Europe for 45 years, first metaphorically and then physically. This is the Berlin Wall's bigger, longer brother stretching from the north of Germany at Potenitz to Mittelhammer in the South. At 1378 Km long this border between East and West Germany was erected in the name of the "Anti-Facist Protection Wall", known simply to every German as "die Grenze". Along with the Berlin Wall the aim was to stop the "brain drain" of professionals and skilled workers from East to West.

Hotensleben, Germany.