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Max Eisen being interviewed by Natasha Fatah. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

At the outbreak of the Second World War Max Eisen was a 10-year-old boy living with his large extended family in Czechoslovakia. By the end of the war, he was a teenage Auschwitz survivor and an orphan. Hear his story on Escape from the Holocaust.

Episodes appear online at 11 PM EST. Download Escape from the Holocaust as a podcast(updated every Tuesday). 

Max Eisen with one of his liberators Johnnie Stevens, of the US Army's 761st Tank Batallion. (Courtesy Max Eisen)

Max Eisen showing Natasha Fatah concentration camp documents. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

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Daniel Biru with his wife Chantal Vero and his sons Abel and Alex Biru. (Daniel Biru)

Daniel Biru spent a decade on the run across the African continent. He was a student leader thrown in prison, then he became an escapee and a fugitive, and eventually a stowaway who was cast out into the open sea. Hear it all on Escape from Ethiopia.

Episodes appear online at 11 PM EST. Download Escape from Ethiopia as a podcast(updated every Tuesday).

Daniel Biru hosting Ethiopian Voice at CJAM in Windsor. (Daniel Biru)

Nora Lopez being interviewed by Natasha Fatah. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

Nora Lopez's husband Eduardo, a human rights activist, was denied refugee status by Canadian officials, then he was murdered by a Honduran death squad. Nora and her three children had to get out before the same thing happened to them. Hear it all on Escape from Honduras. Episodes appear online at 11 PM EST.

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 Eduardo Lopez c. 1983. (Courtesy Nora Lopez)

Nora and Osiris Lopez in Honduras. (Courtesy Nora Lopez)

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Aaron Berhane in Toronto, 2010. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

In September 2001, the Eritrean government shut down every independent newspaper in the country. Then they started rounding up the journalists. When Aaron Berhane discovered he was a wanted man, he made a difficult decision to flee across the border to Sudan, and eventually made his way to Canada. In 2010, he is finally reunited with his wife and three children when they arrive in Toronto. Hear it all on Escape from Eritrea.

Episodes appear online at 11 PM EST. Download Escape from Eritrea as a podcast (updated every Tuesday).

Daughter Frieta and wife Miliete. (Courtesy Mark Ulster) 

Sons Mussie and Eiven. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

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Gary Hoag in Toronto. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

Gary Hoag was an army brat, a Vietnam War supporter and then a deserter. After sneaking off base, he forges a false identity and plots a way out of the United States and into Canada. Hear it all on Escape from the USA.

Episodes appear online at 11 PM EST. Download Escape from the USA as a podcast(updated every Tuesday).

Gary Hoag with his parents and brother in the 1950s. (Courtesy Gary Hoag)

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Alberto Lalli being interviewed by Natasha Fatah. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

In the 1970s Alberto Lalli campaigned for justice in Argentina but his own government imprisoned and tortured him. He almost became one of the "disappeared" in Argentina's Dirty War but after seven years behind bars, he ended up fleeing to Canada - not to save himself, but to save his family. Hear it all in Escape from Argentina.

Episodes appear online at 11 PM EST. Download Escape from Argentina as a podcast(updated every Tuesday). 

Susana Munarriz and Alberto Lalli return to New Treasure Restaurant with Natasha Fatah. (Courtesy Mark Ulster).

Alberto Lalli shows old photos to Natasha Fatah. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

Alberto Lalli's sketch from prison, completed in 1975, later smuggled out by his mother. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

Eva and Alino Baranik visiting Toronto this summer. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

In 1981, Alino and Eva Baranik tried to flee Communist Czechoslovakia with their four-year old son Miso. Just when they thought they could make it out safely, they were confronted by a Yugoslavian soldier at the Italian border. Hear it all on Escape from Czechoslovakia.

Listen to a preview of the episode on Natasha's blog. Episodes appear online at 11 PM EST.

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Alino, Eva and Miso Baranik arrive in Toronto, 1982. (Courtesy Katarina Kubela)

Alino Baranik's refugee camp id. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

Eva Baranik's refugee camp id. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

Shahram Tabe examines photos of Iranian political prisoners who were executed. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

Thirty years ago Shahram Tabe was a student revolutionary in Tehran who became a counter-revolutionary - and then he became a fugitive. His journey to Canada involved smugglers, Turkish prisons and prostitutes. Hear it all on Escape from Iran.

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Shahram Tabe being interviewed by Natasha Fatah. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

Uyen Vu outside her Toronto home. (Courtesy Stephen Matheuszik) 

In 1979, nine-year-old Uyen Vu and her family escaped Saigon by assuming false identities and boarding a fishing boat in the dead of night. Men with guns, bars of gold, divided families, prison time, spectacular failures - and pirates. Hear it all on Escape from Vietnam.

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The Vus in Canada over 20 years later. (Courtesy Quang and Minh Vu)