-- Leon Leyson He could have decided that his life depended on working us to death but he didn't. (p 152). At his age I believe he was very naive and didn’t really think of what could have happened if he was caught, but I do believe he was very brave for even trying! What if the Germans were able to “cleanse” this world of the Jews? The Boy on the Wooden Box tells Leyson’s incredible story, which he rarely spoke about until Institute founder Steven Spielberg’s film Schindler’s List premiered in 1993. What are some ways the Jews offered some resistance to the Nazis? (2 stripes on the sleeve) (p 192), Returned to LA, went back to college and earned his bachelors and master's degrees. There was these two meth addicts that lived in the room that shared a wall with me. It shows true human nature at a time of war and fear. After, I was aloud to put my clothing back on it hit me that I was in this new place that smelled of tile flooring and gram crackers  due living on my own just a month after a had turned sixteen. Read all poems of boy in the box and infos about boy in the box. What excited me most was the indoor plumbing. How did a guard once single out Leon during a shift at the Plaszow brush factory? . These were actions that I don’t think many people would have done while under the Nazi’s control. I've never forgotten his definition of a hero. Leyson is survived by his wife, Elisabeth, and their two children and six grandchildren. “As a Jewish kid during those times, I fought to live every day. A must-read to compliment any discussion about the Holocaust and intolerance but also discussions about the fortitude of the human spirit and the courage to make the right choices. They say experience is true wisdom. He taught industrial arts at Huntington Park High School in Los Angeles for 39 years. ITB TBOTWB, how long had Leon's ancestors been in northeastern Poland? (p 148). Leyson made me feel like it was helpless in this passage. The guard hi him, knocking the glass thermos from Leon's hand. Conclusion Overall this is an inspiring great book to read, and also shows modern day people and people who have everything that they need and more, that there is more to the world then our community and how harsh conditions people face. What relatives did the family connect with the United States? If I really did find myself in that situation I would think about it as logical as I could and do my best to stay alive but Leyson says, “This was not an easy decision I had to be alert every second if…, Compare / contrast tbotwb and schindlers list the movie -Katie w, Discussion question and response, Katie W, Discussion Board Question – Andrew Weaver, DISCUSSION BOARD QUESTION+RESPONCE (Open-Ended Question). (p 162). (p 131). Instead, he put his own life in danger every time he protected us for no other reason than it was the right thing to do. I recall a television interview I once saw with scholar and writer Joseph Campbell. Many Jews were being rounded up and sent to  to Plaszów, a labor and concentration camp just outside Krakow but Oskar Schindler went against everything he stood for considering he was a Nazi and decided to help as many Jews as he possibly could. Goodreads helps you follow your favorite authors. (p 141). How could they not have done something to help us? What led to Leon and his friend Yossel being shot at by German soldiers? What did the family discover about Herschel, the oldest brother, after the war ended? I didn't have a choice. Mind you, my mother was in county jail I never fully new my father and he was homeless so, he was never a thought out solution. The night became known as "Kristallnacht," meaning 'the night of the broken glass.' (p47). Leon explains the reactions on the ones that were not effected and in one picture his words are truth. To be honest, I wanted to postpone as long as I could my disappointment if the man to whom I owed so much didn’t remember me. After reading their personal accounts, discuss what the quotes on the following topics reveal about the similarities and differences of their ideas and experiences.