Youngest Schindler's List Survivor, Leon Leyson, Died in 2013

Died Jan. 11, 2013.

Leon Leyson was nearly ten when the Germans invaded Poland in 1939.  Six months later, he and his family were sent to the ghetto in Krakow where he survived mass killings.  He was then sent to a concentration camp where he lost two brothers.

Later he was the youngest of Schindler's List of Jewish workers declared too necessary for production at his factories at age 13.  Schindler called him "Little Leyson" as he had to stand on a box to work on machinery.  His mother and surviving siblings were also put on the list.

Mr. Leyson began a public speaking career after the 1993 movie.

--GreGen