Literature Circle/Non-Fiction Article blog

The Holocaust affected many people global in a tragical way. Leon Leyson was a young boy with a well through family and a few good friends. Although he never really gets to see his dad he managed perfectly. Even though he wasn't wealthy nor poor, he still was grateful for his belongings. But when the holocaust came everything changed. He survived..? Well yes he did but two of his brothers did not and his dad barely even made by constantly getting beat and thrown in jail.


Leon Leyson was only a pre teen when it started. He and his family were forced to the ghetto and were also saw as peasants, or pests that should not be around. Many people felt bad about this but what could they have done. By this time the nazis were in full power. Leon did not understand that when he and his family may be the nicest family on earth. Thankfully he and his family were saved by a fellow friend of his father's. That's when he felt even more grateful and how precious life is.

In the article “Leon Leyson: The youngest worker to be saved by Oskar Schindler” by David Childs. He explains how Leon and his family went through the Holocaust, as in the book no different. During the reading of his Memoir I found details about his childhood and his life. The book was founded more specific than the article. Even though the article had many different informational texts. I find the book more reliable. Since the topic of the article is told way and the book is a memoir which was also told one way, that would mean they are both equivalent. They both Mention the list that saved his life. “The man I once knew saved my life” article paragraph 4. “If it wasn't for Mr. Schindler I wouldn't be here” book pg 223.

Work Cited

David Childs. "Leon Leyson: The youngest worker to be saved by Oskar Schindler." The 

     Independent. Independent Digital News and Media, 24 Jan. 2013. Web. 11 May 2017.

Leyson, Leon, Marilyn J. Harran, and Elisabeth B. Leyson. The boy on the wooden box: how the 

  impossible became possible ... on Schindler's list. NY, NY: Atheneum for Young Readers, an         imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2015. Print.

Lit Circles Blog

During the past few weeks in My ELA block 2 class, my fellow classmates and I are reading a book called “The Boy In The Wooden box” A memoir by a holocaust survivor named Leon Leyson. So far I’ve more than half of the book. In the book Leon Leyson started off as an ordinary kid. A supporting family and a nice neighborhood with his friends, he has four other siblings and he is marked the youngest out of the five. But some times when certain events take place it's way different. The family visits dads work town as a vacation. Leon was thrilled to see his dad and the town of Krakow. But then the nazis came and terrorized the city. The dad was sent off to jail and the oldest brother was sent off to fight for the freedom they deserve, while the family struggled in fear.

A character I'd like to meet is Leon Leyson because I can make an easy connection to him. Leyson group up with a sister just like me. In the book Leon found hardships growing up into his teens. He found work by helping his mother and the locals in the village. Just like me he also was bullied by other kids. So after all me and him can relate real fast. It would also be nice to meet him because he sounds like a great listener and a very knowledgeable man. I'm sure he came of some experience so he would be able to give some tips on life. Maybe tell me some of his knowledge on the holocaust and how it is to work for a living, like a job.

After reading. I wonder… if this event wore to happen again how it would effect me and my family and friends. Especially the generations to come because no one should go through this. Everybody can understand that a mass murder of our own kind, our own flesh and blood is not acceptable. Especially when we don't do anything to stop until the mid-future. This one of the most awful things that happens in world history. War and violence. This would be the impact on society if the holocaust were to happen again.