{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/55836c0e-56ef-4a51-a7cc-9055cd2a39c7/d76e503e-f5c9-4b20-b82c-c8a2b04c398b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Berlin Wall 1961","description":"In August 1961 East German and Soviet forces created a wall around West Berlin, preventing East Germans from fleeing to the west. The failures of Soviet Communism and the attractions of a prosperous west had led a fifth of the population to migrate. This podcast explores the crisis and how the wall led to a gradual stabilisation in the Cold War in Europe. ","author_name":"Nick Shepley"}