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Where the Iron Curtain Begins

Sixty years ago, Lee Edwards wrote the following article based upon what he saw in West Berlin. We share it today to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union, whose flag stopped flying over the Kremlin on December 25, 1991.

Mr. Edwards has been traveling in Europe during the month of September, and in place of his regular “Capital” column, sends us an article from West Berlin. The very next day after this writing, he tells us, he will tour East Berlin, “just hoping that it’s melodramatic and nothing else.” ....

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