The Boy On The Wooden Box – Leyson

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The Boy On The Wooden Box by Leon Leyson

Leon Leyson loved playing on the Krakow streetcars with his friends and tagging along after his older brothers. Then, suddenly, German soldiers were in his country, his city, and his home. Seemingly overnight, the life he knew vanished. The Third Reich wanted him, and every other Jew in Europe, dead. The darkest of times can unleash the worst in human nature—and also the best. Leon Leyson lived through those times. The Boy On The Wooden Box is his story.

This, the only memoir published by a former Schindler’s list child, perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp outside Krakow.

Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson’s life, and the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his four siblings, by adding their names to his list of workers in his factory—a list that became world renowned: Schindler’s list.

This is a Young Readers Edition.

Age Range: 9–14 years

Grade Level: 4–9