Narrated by The HistorianFocus: Cold War History37 km · about 48 min · 10 stories
Through the seams of a divided century: the Wall's construction, the tank standoff at Checkpoint Charlie, the Stasi's surveillance state, and the villa at Potsdam where Truman, Stalin, and a mid-conference-replaced Churchill divided Europe.
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Berlin
The Pope's Revenge
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Berlin
The Architects of the Potsdam Agreement Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Berlin
The Architects of the Potsdam Agreement Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Berlin
The Architects of the Potsdam Agreement Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Berlin
The Construction of the Berlin Wall
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Berlin
The Standoff at Checkpoint Charlie
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Kleinmachnow, Brandenburg
The Stasi Surveillance State Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Stahnsdorf, Brandenburg
The Stasi Surveillance State Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Potsdam, Brandenburg
The Stasi Surveillance State Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.