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Fullerton's Leon Leyson - Youngest Schindler Jew
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Fullerton's Leon Leyson - Youngest Schindler Jew
Freelance journalist Camille Hahn interviews her father-in-law, Leon Leyson, 81. Leyson was the youngest person on Schindler's list.
Camille Hahn, Leon Leyson, and grandchild, at Leyson's home in Fullerton. Leyson, the youngest of 1,100 Jews saved from the Nazis by Oskar Schindler, died Saturday, January 12, 2013, in Fullerton, Calif. He was 83. His memoir, "The Boy on the Wooden Box," is one of Amazon's best books of 2013.
Camille Hahn, Leon Leyson, and grandchild, at Leyson's home in Fullerton.
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Freelance journalist Camille Hahn interviews her father-in-law, Leon Leyson, 81. Leyson was the youngest person on Schindler's list.

Freelance journalist Camille Hahn interviews her father-in-law, Leon Leyson, 82. Looking at his modest home in Fullerton, you wouldn't guess the remarkable story of the man who lives inside. Leyson was the youngest person on Schindler's list.