Top 10 Iron Curtains in 2017 December 2016, Pepino January 2016, Mänttä 172 x 121 cm Giclee print and permanent marker on paper i The list is composed of the fenced borders in and on the edges of the EU that have recently been fortified against immigration. Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. Serlachius Museums, Mänttä. Tags: Europe, iron, curtain, border 11 / 24