Leon Leyson
Leon Leyson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Leib Lejzon September 15, 1929 |
| Died | January 12, 2013 (aged 83) Whittier, California, United States |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Notable work | The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List |
| Spouse |
Elisabeth 'Lis' B. Leyson
(m. 1965) |
| Children | 2 |
Leon Leyson (born Leib Lejzon; September 15, 1929 – January 12, 2013) was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor and one of the youngest Schindlerjuden, Jews saved by Oskar Schindler. His posthumously published memoir, The Boy on the Wooden Box- How the impossible became the possible, on Schindler's List details his extraordinary survival during the dark times of the dreaded Holocaust.