Quote (Eric): "we in the West would no better , that the USSR was stretching until the East German border - as they called it the Iron Curtain." Who are these "we" ? "Experts" who did not want to distinguish between the USSR and the Warsaw Treaty countries (WTO) ? Qoute (Eric): "Even so in E Germany" GDR was vassal of USSR (not a part). FRG was/is vassal of USA (not a part). Qoute (Eric): "Remember the song from the German rock band the Scorpions : " follow the Mosquad , down to Gorky Park - listening to the wind of change " Moskva River (!) not Moscow (capital of USSR). 😉