The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler’s List

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In the number 1 New York Times bestseller, Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was once only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was once forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto.

Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was once only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was once forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With improbable luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was once able to live to tell the tale the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp out of doors Krakow. In the long run, it was once 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 rancor, the lack of venom, and the abundance of dignity in Mr. Leyson’s telling. The Boy on the Wooden Box is a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you’ve ever read.
Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2013: For readers ages 11 and up, Leon Leyson’s remarkable memoir, The Boy on the Wooden Box, is the moving account of a happy childhood shattered by the Holocaust. Leyson was once fortunate enough to live to tell the tale, thanks in large part to Oskar Schindler. As the youngest member of Schindler’s list, Leyson offers a unique perspective on the man who became his lifelong hero and his first-hand account of day-to-day existence in the factory–which failed to alleviate the fear or deprivation–and his personal interaction with Schindler is powerful and special. The Boy on the Wooden Box is crucial work, helping mature young readers have in mind the Holocaust through the life of a young person who lived it. —Seira Wilson

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