THE BOY ON THE WOODEN BOX, by Leon Leyson

The story: Lieb Lejzon was the youngest person on Schindler's List. This is Lieb's story--growing up in Narewka, his family's migration to Krakow, the worsening of conditions for Jews before the war and their confinement in the ghetto when the Nazis took over. Lieb's father had come to work for Oskar Schindler as a machinist; Schindler, a manufacturer of enamelware and other war materiel in Poland during World War II, eventually saved the lives of 1,200 Jews by claiming that they were highly skilled workers, vital to the war effort. These "highly skilled" workers included Lieb, who at age 13-14, had to stand on a wooden box to be able to reach his tasks on the line. The workers found themselves hungry and homeless at the end of the war, but nonetheless alive--all due to the efforts of Oscar Schindler. The book also details Lejzon's (American name Leon Leyson) immigration to and life in America up to his death in 2013.