Behind the Iron Curtain
During the Cold War, VOA wasn’t just a radio signal—it was a lifeline. Beamed behind the Iron Curtain, it brought news that people in the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany couldn’t get anywhere else.
VOA told people what their own governments tried to hide. It gave them hope. It gave them facts.
It wasn’t perfect—but it was indispensable.
Today, censorship is digital. It’s algorithmic. It’s invisible. But the need is the same: give people what’s real.