The Boy on the Wooden Box Free Audiobook Download by Leon Leyson


On April 26th, 1945, Leon Leyson was surrounded by the German army near Lake Ladoga. He had been following a group of Russian soldiers when they were ambushed by the Germans and he ran towards them to help fight back. They were surrounded and outnumbered and it looked like they would all die. That is when he found a box that had previously been used to store firewood but now was abandoned on the ground. He was able to knock out two of the enemies, but they were both killed before they could reach their rifles.

The Boy on the Wooden Box is a short story written by Leon Leyson and narrated by Danny Burstein on audiobook. The story tells about a boy who walks through the woods looking for a lost toy until he finds something much more important. This audiobook is available for download online and may be read in one sitting or over a few days.

Leon Leyson was a teenager in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. When Leon and his family are rounded up by Nazi soldiers, he is separated from his parents and forced to live on a small wooden box. After being selected as a boy to carry out an errand outside of their living area, Leon looks back at the camp to see that his parents have been taken away. The only thing he has left is his wish for them to be safe grounded him. His wish granted by God, Leon wakes up from his dream back in the ghetto with nothing but time left to ponder what could have happened if everyone had died that day.

In April 1945, Leon Leyson was placed in a small box at Auschwitz. The Nazis put him on a truck that would take the Jews to their death camp. He spent hours trying to escape and hide from the Nazi guards while he rode on the truck. On April 22nd, he finally made it out of the box and started to walk towards freedom.

This short story was written by Leon Leyson, a Holocaust survivor and an author of children's books. This story takes place in Germany during WWII, when the Nazis were rounding up Jews and sending them to concentration camps. Leon Leyson is living in Buchenwald Concentration Camp with his mother and sister, when they are told the boy will be coming to them on a box. The family hides the boy in their closet under some rags which they hope will fool the Nazi officers who come looking for him. However, they don't realize that one of the Nazi's son is also living with them in their building, and he helps them find the hiding place.

The Boy on the Wooden Box is a heartwarming story about an orphan who was left on the doorstep of a synagogue. His name is Leon, and he's stuck on the outside of the door in a wooden box. Every day, he looks around and watches people at the service inside. One day, he has an idea to bring him inside--he'll paint something onto his box that everyone can see from outside so they will know he's there and have pity on him.

Published Date 2013-08-27
Duration 4 hours 15 minutes
Author Leon Leyson
Narrated Danny Burstein
Reviews
(21 Reviews)
Abridged No
Is It Free? 30-days Free
Category Kids
Parent Category Historical, Biography & Memoir, Religious & Inspirational

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