Personally: Toy Soldier
By CBC
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Subscribers: 201
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 30
Abbagabba
Feb 7, 2025
Been listening to CBC's personal story podcasts for a while now despite not being Canadian, they're just very well made and interesting. Nice to have them being gradually collected in one place.
Jun 8, 2024
Rebecca
Dec 12, 2023
Excellent podcast! Well done story telling and an absolute mind f**k. It's unfortunate and crazy that it's a true story. I recommend it.
Description
As a child, Alex Kurzem faced a choice: be killed or join the killers.
In the midst of the Second World War, he was separated from his family and taken in by a group of soldiers as one of their own. He was made a member of Hitler’s army – a toy soldier with his own rifle and miniature SS uniform.
But what the soldiers didn’t know and what no one would know for decades: he was a Jewish boy masquerading as a Nazi to save his life.
Alex lives with this false identity for so long, he no longer remembers who he was before – forgetting his parents’ faces, his birthday, his own name. But before he dies, Alex is determined to find the identity and family stolen from him during the Holocaust.
This is the story Alex would tell the world decades later, but doubts quickly took hold and wouldn’t let go. Could a story so unbelievable be true? Or is this a con to profit from the Holocaust? Eighty years on, is it possible to uncover who Alex really is?
Host Dan Goldberg unravels the true story.
Get lost in someone else’s life. From a mysterious childhood spent on the run, to a courageous escape from domestic violence, each season of Personally invites you to explore the human experience in all its complexity, one story — or season — at a time.
Hear episodes early and ad-free on CBC Stories Premium on Apple Podcasts.
Season 1 | Run, Hide, Repeat: a story of a childhood spent on the run.
Season 2 | Welcome to Paradise: a courageous escape from domestic violence.
Season 3 | Short Sighted: an attempt to explain what vision loss feels like by exploring how it sounds.
Season 4 | Sorry About The Kid: an emotional, deeply personal meditation on the loss of a sibling.
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Episode 4: A Complicated Miracle
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Episode 3: The Money Angle
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Episode 2: Born a Second Time
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Episode 1: The Hidden Suitcase
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Introducing Toy Soldier
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Personally Introduces: On Drugs
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Sorry About The Kid | Ep 4: Macho Man Ninja
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Sorry About The Kid | Ep 3: Ghost
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Sorry About The Kid | Ep 2: Paulbearers
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Sorry About The Kid | Ep 1: Where’s Paul?
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Introducing Sorry About The Kid
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Short Sighted | E5: How to surf when you're going blind
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Short Sighted | E4: How to be photographer when you can’t see
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Short Sighted | E3: How to dance for people who don’t see
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Short Sighted | E2: How to tell people you're losing vision
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Short Sighted | E1: How to be a TV host when you can't see?
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Introducing Short Sighted
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Welcome to Paradise | EP 6: The Visitation
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Welcome to Paradise | EP 5: The Message
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Welcome to Paradise | EP 4: The Long Tail
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Welcome to Paradise | EP 3: L is for Love
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Welcome to Paradise | EP 2: See What You Made Me Do
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Welcome to Paradise | EP 1: One of Those People You Hear About
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Introducing Welcome to Paradise
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Run, Hide, Repeat | EP 5: Stan's World
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Run, Hide, Repeat | EP 4: Saving Mom
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Run, Hide, Repeat | EP 3: The Weird World
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Run, Hide, Repeat | EP 2: On The Run
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Run, Hide, Repeat | EP 1: Don't Tell
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Introducing Run, Hide, Repeat
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Oct 27, 2022 |