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Born Leib Lejzon in Poland, his happy life with his parents and siblings ended with the Nazi invasion in 1939 when he was only ten years old and the family was imprisoned in the ghetto in Krakow. Three years later, his father brought him to work at Oscar Schindler’s enamelware factory. He was so small he had to stand on an upturned box to reach the machinery. He caught the eye of Oscar Schindler, who became fond of the skinny Jewish kid. The factory owner called him “Little Leyson” and showed him many kindnesses such as providing extra rations of food and excusing him from the night shift when his vision began to fail. His two eldest brothers did not survive the war, but he, his parents and brother and sister were from those on Schindler’s List who survived the Holocaust. April of 2008 marked the 100th Anniversary of Oskar Schindler’s birth which prompted Leon to share his astonishing account of survival, which he kept silent about for nearly half a century. |
