Thursday, April 28, 2005
Dramatic Irony
The term “Iron Curtain” was coined by none other than Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda Dr Josef Goebbels. In an article entitled “The Year 2000”, he wrote: “If the German people surrender, the Soviets will occupy… the whole east and southeast of Europe in addition to a large part of Germany. In front of this enormous territory, including the Soviet Union, an iron curtain will go down…”
Source: The Last 100 Days By John Toland
The term “Iron Curtain” was coined by none other than Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda Dr Josef Goebbels. In an article entitled “The Year 2000”, he wrote: “If the German people surrender, the Soviets will occupy… the whole east and southeast of Europe in addition to a large part of Germany. In front of this enormous territory, including the Soviet Union, an iron curtain will go down…”
Source: The Last 100 Days By John Toland
