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Explanation
The term "Iron Curtain" refers to the ideological and physical separation between the communist East, represented by the Warsaw Pact, and the capitalist West during the Cold War. This division symbolized not only political tensions but also the differing ways of life and values of the two blocs. The Iron Curtain was a central element of the 20th-century geopolitical landscape and influenced European history until the reunification of Germany in 1990.
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