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Boy On The Wooden Box By Leon Leyson

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The book “Boy On The Wooden Box” is written by a Holocaust survivor named Leon Leyson. This book shows the act of kindness to the Jews by Schindler giving him food, his mom giving him her last ration of bread, and a small action of positivity and hope.

Schindler risks his own life by trying to save some Jews. Schindler liked Leon's family and tried to give them every piece of food he could, any water, or soup. After a while, their soup just turned into hot water so Schindler gave his rations of bread to them. When Leon was working at the factory with his dad, Schindler would breeze past him and drop him some bread. Leon was so thankful for Schindler and wouldn't have lived if he didn't get those little rations of food. Schindler also comes

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