A moving account from a Holocaust survivor and a legacy for all readers today. Leon Leyson was number 289 on Schindler's list, which saved over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust. He was thirteen when he began working in Oskar Schindler's enamelware factory, and because he was so small for his age, he always had to stand on a wooden box to operate the machines. In clear and simple language, Leon Leyson recounts the cruel daily life in the camp, the constant danger of death, but also his personal hero, Oskar Schindler.