Leon Leyson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leon Leyson

Polish-born Holocaust survivor

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1929

Place of Birth: Narewka, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 12-Jan-2013

Profession: writer, teacher, educator, children's writer

Nationality: United States, Poland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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 Possible .
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on Schindler's List details his survival during the Holocaust.