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The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson, shows how devastating and crippling World War two was for millions of people. Leon Leyson was only ten when the war had begun in 1939. At the time Leon was living in Krakow Poland, which held one of the biggest ghettos. The city was also just outside of a major concentration camp called Plaszow, and just outside the largest extermination camp called Auschwitz-Birkenau. At the time, it was common for almost everyone to know a family member or friend who was murdered. Scarcity in food was high, to the point where people ate live mice and bugs off of the streets. Sanitation was also very poor. Disease like small pox and yellow fever spread uncontrollably. People were deprived of basic necessities. This book made me realize that not ever again, should a person have to suffer as tremendously as the people did during World War two. Each person of the Holocaust was part of a piece of history that should never be repeated again. The book also made me realize that society can change a persons perspective on something so quickly. People shouldn't be physically or verbally attacked because of their religion or nationality. Since the Germans quickly came to the conclusion that Jewish people were deplorable, the …show more content…

When Poland was invaded, the Polish people had little options. If they decided to leave, they had to leave behind everything they owned and the people that meant everything to them. If they were sent to a camp, their belongings were taken and their family and friends were distanced. If they were regrettably taken away by gas or another way, their belongings were taken away and their friends and family left behind. So because of this, I decided that family and friends and the memories, places, and adventures to come are more much valuable than a new pair of pants, of which I have about

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