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Leon Leyson recounts his early life in Poland before the outbreak of World War II. As the Nazis consolidate their control, he is compelled to leave his home, first confined in a ghetto and later subjected to the horrors of multiple concentration camps. The narrative culminates with Leyson’s rescue by Oskar Schindler. The book presents a personal and vivid history of a Jewish child’s survival amid the broader context of the Holocaust.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Leon Leyson
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