I checked the book out from my library
5 stars
The stories of how Leon avoided and then was moved to a concentration camp, life inside the camp, life once he was mostly protected by Schindler, and the eventual demise of Nazi Germany... they were so heartbreaking and powerful. I have never seen the movie Schindler's List, so I knew nothing about who he was. It was another lesson in humanity to learn how someone that had so much power was still able to basically put his life on the line to help out a large number of Jews. Leon's family was basically in the right place at the right time, but their hard work, determination, and little bit of spunk helped them stand out.
I don't really know what to say about this little book. How can such a small book have such a big impact? I have read many a Holocaust survival biography. We have this one down in the Children's Department of the library where I work, so I thought it would be a short, basic biography. Yes, it was a quick read to me, but that was because I stayed up all night reading it. This book has recommendations for 9+ or 11+. It would be appropriate for teens as well, and many adults will learn from it as well.
Being an autobiography, and being about Schindler's List and how people survived that otherwise wouldn't, at least I knew Leon would survive. I cared deeply about the rest of his family though, so I needed to find out how many, if any, of them would survive. Leon's life after the Holocaust was great to me. He turned out to be such an interesting person. I am so glad he decided to write down his story. It was not necessarily the best writing in the world; it seemed written by an amateur, but the story was so powerful that it didn't need to be. It was real.The
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