The Iron Curtain May Become Protected Land

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According to a report in Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine, the land once known as “the Iron Curtain” may be protected.

The Iron Curtain was a term used to describe the border between Eastern and Western Europe from 1945 to 1990.

In Germany, the Iron Curtain stretched 1,400 kilometers and was covered in wire and mines.

Although this land was uninhabitable for humans, it was a good place for wildlife –including black storks, otters and bats — to exist

Now the governments of 16 states in Germany may decide to protect this area by not allowing the development of roads and buildings in it.

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uninhabitable: not fit for life.