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"Dazhe samye strashnye skazki ne mogli podgotovitʹ meni͡a, desi͡atiletnego malʹchika, k vstreche s temi chudovishchami… kak ne mogli i predskazatʹ, chto meni͡a spaset geroĭ v oblike chudovishcha". Desi͡atiletniĭ Leon bolʹshe vsego li͡ubil katatʹsi͡a s druzʹi͡ami na tramvae po ulit͡sam Krakova. No v odnochasʹe vse izmenilosʹ: v Polʹshu prishli nemet͡skie soldaty. Teperʹ Leonu pozvoli͡alosʹ ezditʹ tolʹko v zadneĭ chasti tramvai͡a. Zatem ezditʹ na tramvae vovse zapretili. V odin denʹ ego semʹi͡u prinuditelʹno pereselili v getto, a vskore - v kont͡sentrat͡sionnyĭ lagerʹ Plashov, razluchiv malʹchika s roditeli͡ami. On perezhil to, chto ne dolzhen perezhitʹ ni odin rebenok. Odnako nikto ne smog otni͡atʹ u nego voli͡u k zhizni. Ego semʹe poschastlivilosʹ poluchitʹ rabotu na fabrike Oskara Shindlera - cheloveka, kotoryĭ navsegda ostalsi͡a dli͡a Leona i tysi͡achi drugikh spasennykh im evreev geroem i simvolom sveta dazhe v samye temnye vremena. OTZYVY"Leon Leĭson byl iskli͡uchitelʹnym chelovekom i odarennym uchitelem. I͡A vsegda budu blagodaren emu za ego svidetelʹstvo, ego vklad v pami͡atʹ o Kholokoste, kotoryĭ my sokhranim navsegda kak vdokhnovenie dli͡a budushchikh pokoleniĭ. Mir bez nego ne budet prezhnim, no nam povezlo, chto vyshla ėta kniga vospominaniĭ". - STIVEN SPILBERG, rezhisser"Ochenʹ vazhno, chtoby takie istorii rasskazyvali, perezhivanii͡a kazhdogo rebenka Kholokosta unikalʹny. U meni͡a szhimaetsi͡a serdt͡se, kogda predstavli͡ai͡u malenʹkogo malʹchika, stoi͡ashchego na derevi͡annom i͡ashchike, odnako i͡a rada, chto on vyzhil i smog povedatʹ nam svoi͡u nezabyvaemui͡u istorii͡u". - LOIS LOURI, laureat Medali Dzhona Nʹi͡uberi, avtor knig "Ischisli͡ai͡a zvezdy" (Number the Stars) i "Dai͡ushchiĭ" (The Giver)"Vospominanii͡a Leona Leĭsona vernuli meni͡a v to drugoe vremi͡a, v drugoĭ mir, kogda u nas ukrali detstvo, kogda v odin mig my prevratilisʹ vo vragov gosudarstva, kotorykh nuzhno unichtozhatʹ, pytatʹ, ubivatʹ - i vse lishʹ potomu chto my evrei. Oskar Shindler pokazal miru, chto odin chelovek mozhet chto-to izmenitʹ, a Leon Leĭson dokazal ėto, podelivshisʹ istorieĭ zhizni i svoimi vospominanii͡ami". - RENA FAĬNDER, eshche odin "rebenok" Shindlera.

"Even the scariest fairy tales could not prepare me, a ten-year-old boy, to face those monsters... just as they could not predict that a hero in the guise of a monster would save me." Ten-year-old Leon loved riding the tram with his friends through the streets of Krakow the most. But overnight, everything changed: German soldiers came to Poland. Leon was now only allowed to ride in the back of the tram. Then they banned the tram altogether. One day, his family was forcibly relocated to the ghetto, and soon to the Plaszow concentration camp, separating the boy from his parents. He went through something that no child should go through. However, no one could take away his will to live. His family was lucky enough to get a job at the factory of Oskar Schindler, a man who forever remained a hero and a symbol of light for Leon and thousands of other Jews he saved, even in the darkest times. REVIEWS"Leon Leyson was an exceptional person and a gifted teacher. I will always be grateful to him for his testimony, his contribution to the memory of the Holocaust, which we will preserve forever as an inspiration for future generations. The world won't be the same without him, but we're lucky to have this book of memories out." — STEVEN SPIELBERG, director"It is very important that such stories are told, the experiences of every child of the Holocaust are unique. My heart sinks when I imagine a little boy standing on a wooden box, but I am glad that he survived and was able to tell us his unforgettable story." — LOIS LOWRY, recipient of the John Newbery Medal, author of the books "Counting the Stars" and "The Giver""Leon Leyson's memories brought me back to that other time, to another world, when our childhood was stolen from us, when in an instant we turned into enemies of the state, who needed to be destroyed, tortured, killed — and all just because we are Jews. Oskar Schindler showed the world that one person can make a difference, and Leon Leyson proved it by sharing his life story and his memories." — RENA FINDER, another "child" of Schindler.