In the second half of the 20th century, Europe was at war. No bombs fell and few shots were fired. Nevertheless, the participants waged this war bitterly and on many fronts. This conflict, which has gone down in history as the Cold War, took place partly in the public view, but was mostly hidden. For many younger people, it is little-known, while a lot of older people have forgotten it, or successfully repressed its memories. Today, it is often reduced to buzzwords. Among these is Winston Churchill's metaphor of the 'Iron Curtain'. He used this theatrical term in 1946 during a speech in Fulton, Missouri. He also took the opportunity to emphasise that he did not believe that the Soviet Union wanted war with the Western powers.
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