Hola chicos!

And yes, now it's my turn to write in this blog. I've chosen subject now, it was quiet hard but now I'm all in for.. The Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Why? Well, I searched some facts about the Berlin wall in the beginning of the week (social science), and found some interesting pages (that I unfortunately (?) lost since the internet died) where I read about the Iron Curtain, Winston Churchill and the invisible thread that separated the communist ruled East Europe from the West side. During the week I have also read about how the Soviet wanted to "avskärma" Eastern Europe from the western parts to prevent influences from their kind of ruling etc. I have also understand that the creating of the Berlin Wall was the peak in this struggle, since it really separated those two sides from each other. This was in 1961. The year after did the Iron Curtain begin to fall because of tourism, trading and cultural contacts between the East and the Western world. - But, the Berlin Wall was still there, strictly controlled by guards.

Hm, I can almost say that I've found everything at www.wikipedia.se
But, I have also been at three libraries this week. GA, Hedbergska and Kulturmagasinet, but it's not much information to fínd there. The library-women helped me today, at Kulturis, and found two books that it might be some facts about the Iron Curtain and why it appeard. So, I will start to read them and search for more fact tomorrow.

Ciao! Over and out - Emmelie Hammarstedt