The Jewish Nazi?
Streaming April 25-27, 2025
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"An Extraordinary, jaw-dropping story.”
This film tells the staggering story of Melbourne’s Alex Kurzem, a young boy who escaped the massacre of his family’s shtetl in Belarus in 1941. He survived in the woods during one of the coldest winters on record, only to be captured by a Latvian battalion. Instead of killing him, they took pity on him and gave him a new name, adorned him with a uniform and a gun, and made him their child mascot, “Hitler’s youngest soldier.” Building on the international bestselling book ‘The Mascot’ and an award-winning ABC documentary, the film goes above and beyond, tracing Alex’s journey to Australia with his adopted Latvian family, and his eventual life in the Melbourne suburb of Altona
A staggering story of secrets and lies, identity and family…One Holocaust survivor. Four false identities. Two fake reunions…
The Jewish Nazi? tells the remarkable story of a Jewish child who survives the Holocaust as the Nazi’s youngest soldier, hides his shocking secret in Australia for 50 years, has had four false identities, been wrongly 'reunited' with two long-lost families and now – thanks to a DNA breakthrough – discovers his true identity in the twilight of his life.
Documentary Film Series Ticket Costs:
AZJHS Member Ticket: $5.00
Non AZJHS Member Ticket: $10.00
Tzedakah Giving Circle Member Ticket: $0.00
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