Little Leon Leyson, the youngest of five children, had a happy life. But when the Nazis invade Poland, his family is forced into the overcrowded Krakow walled ghetto, and Leon’s life turns into a living hell. There is barely any food, disease is rampant, and the soldiers beat and murder people at random. The Leyson family is Jewish, slated by the Nazis for extermination.
Leon is just ten. How will he survive?
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Leon’s father works for Oskar Schindler, the man who runs the Emalia (enamelware) factory. Schindler is a complex man. Though a Nazi, he is also an opportunist and a spy whose personal mission is to save as many Jews as he can. Schindler compiles a list containing the names of essential Jewish people who work for him. Truthfully, many of these people have no skills, but Schindler convinces the Nazis otherwise. Little emaciated Leon is number 289 and the youngest. He is so small he has to stand on a box to reach the lever of the
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