Iron Curtain Magnets

On March 5th, 1946, Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave his "Iron Curtain" speech at Fulton, Missouri, galvanizing the free world against the communist threat posed by the USSR.

Trotsky's Icepick is the real boss today.

Bob Trimble iron curtain innocence

Department of State Security - the secret police agency of the Socialist Republic of Romania.

is painted in the most beautiful shade of seafoam green

Cool cartoony French ad for the famous Yugo economy car.

Fabulous brochure for the luxury Russian limousine.

Comrades! Learn the lessons of history, before you get us all killed again.

Data sheet from an owner's manual for the Polish Polski 125P.

Technical dimensions for the legendary Czechoslovakian Tatra.

The last days of the Soviet Union, as seen live on Chernobyl TV. Not great, not terrible.

The infamous border crossing from West Berlin into the DDR. This image taken in mid 1980's during a tour of the Iron Curtain countries undertaken in a Fiat Panda !

Cutaway image of the legendary Trabant from an owner's manual.

Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin