Survivor

Elaine Woo writes about the death of Leon Leyson, the youngest survivor on Schindler's list in an article titled, "Leon Leyson Dies At 83; Youngest Survivor On Schindler's List" published on January 13, 2012. Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist who saved approximately 1,100 Jews from the hands of the Nazis during the Holocaust. After being rescued by Schindler, Leyson went on to start a new life in America. Eventually, he became a high school teacher in Huntington, California and taught for thirty-nine years, thereafter. However, he rarely ever mentioned any of the troubles that he faced during the holocaust to anyone, until the movie "Schindler's List" came out in 1993. After which, Leyson became a public speaker and told his story of the Holocaust. Unfortunately, the world lost a great hero on Saturday when Leyson passed away after his four year battle against Lymphoma. The last time he had seen Schindler was in 1977 as he greeted him in the airport along with many other Jews.