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Personally: Toy Soldier

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Subscribers: 204
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 31

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.

Episode	Date
Episode 5: ‘L’chaim – To Life’ Read the full episode description	Mar 17, 2025
Episode 4: A Complicated Miracle Read the full episode description	Mar 10, 2025
Episode 3: The Money Angle Read the full episode description	Mar 03, 2025
Episode 2: Born a Second Time Read the full episode description	Feb 24, 2025
Episode 1: The Hidden Suitcase Read the full episode description	Feb 17, 2025
Introducing Toy Soldier Read the full episode description	Feb 13, 2025
Personally Introduces: On Drugs Read the full episode description	Feb 07, 2025
Sorry About The Kid \| Ep 4: Macho Man Ninja Read the full episode description	Feb 05, 2025
Sorry About The Kid \| Ep 3: Ghost Read the full episode description	Jan 29, 2025
Sorry About The Kid \| Ep 2: Paulbearers Read the full episode description	Jan 15, 2025
Sorry About The Kid \| Ep 1: Where’s Paul? Read the full episode description	Jan 15, 2025
Introducing Sorry About The Kid Read the full episode description	Jan 08, 2025
Short Sighted \| E5: How to surf when you're going blind Read the full episode description	Dec 17, 2024
Short Sighted \| E4: How to be photographer when you can’t see Read the full episode description	Dec 10, 2024
Short Sighted \| E3: How to dance for people who don’t see Read the full episode description	Dec 03, 2024
Short Sighted \| E2: How to tell people you're losing vision Read the full episode description	Nov 26, 2024
Short Sighted \| E1: How to be a TV host when you can't see? Read the full episode description	Nov 19, 2024
Introducing Short Sighted Read the full episode description	Nov 12, 2024
Welcome to Paradise \| EP 6: The Visitation Read the full episode description	Sep 18, 2024
Welcome to Paradise \| EP 5: The Message Read the full episode description	Sep 11, 2024
Welcome to Paradise \| EP 4: The Long Tail Read the full episode description	Sep 04, 2024
Welcome to Paradise \| EP 3: L is for Love Read the full episode description	Aug 28, 2024
Welcome to Paradise \| EP 2: See What You Made Me Do Read the full episode description	Aug 21, 2024
Welcome to Paradise \| EP 1: One of Those People You Hear About Read the full episode description	Aug 14, 2024
Introducing Welcome to Paradise Read the full episode description	Aug 07, 2024
Run, Hide, Repeat \| EP 5: Stan's World Read the full episode description	Dec 12, 2022
Run, Hide, Repeat \| EP 4: Saving Mom Read the full episode description	Dec 05, 2022
Run, Hide, Repeat \| EP 3: The Weird World Read the full episode description	Nov 28, 2022
Run, Hide, Repeat \| EP 2: On The Run Read the full episode description	Nov 21, 2022
Run, Hide, Repeat \| EP 1: Don't Tell Read the full episode description	Nov 14, 2022
Introducing Run, Hide, Repeat Read the full episode description	Oct 27, 2022