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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, a man named 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, the only memoir published by a former Schindler''s List child, perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. Most notable is the lack of rancour, the lack of venom, and the abundance of dignity in Mr Leyson''s telling. The Boy on the Wooden Boxis a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you''ve ev

The Boy on the Wooden Box

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      Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
      Published 10 April 2014
      ISBN-13 9781471119682
      978-1471119682
      ISBN-10 1471119688
      Also in:
      Non Fiction Biography Memoirs History The Holocaust Military History Second World War

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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, a man named 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, the only memoir published by a former Schindler''s List child, perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. Most notable is the lack of rancour, the lack of venom, and the abundance of dignity in Mr Leyson''s telling. The Boy on the Wooden Boxis a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you''ve ev

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