Save my Children, Leon Kleiner
Save my Children, Leon Kleiner
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Save my Children
An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero

Author: Leon Kleiner, Edwin Stepp

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/19/2022

Synopsis

A young Jewish boy and his siblings fleeing a world destroyed by hate. A notoriously cruel anti-Semite hunting for Jews. Why did this murderer risk his own life to save these children?

An eleven-year-old boy and his siblings fight for survival after the evil of the Nazi regime descends upon Poland. Time after time, they miraculously escape certain death as the murderous fascists attempt to make their hometown of Tluste Judenrein. Their luck seems to have run out when the Germans order to liquidate their work camp.

Unexpected help comes from Timush, a man known for his terrible deeds against the Jews. After hearing their mother shout to him in a desperate plea, "Save my children!" as she is marched to her execution, Timush amazingly risks his own life to make sure they survive.

Save my Children is the true story of the transformation of a man once filled with hate and violence who made the ultimate sacrifice to save the people he once sought to kill.

A unique story inspiring hope that hatred can be overcome.

About Leon Kleiner

Leon Kleiner is a retired commercial and residential real estate developer from New Jersey. He was born in the city of Tarnopol, Poland just a little over a decade before the beginning World War II. After the war, the city became a part of the Ukraine and still is today. Leon's early life before and during the war is documented in his memoir, Save My Children. He miraculously survived the Holocaust and immigrated to America in 1947 where he married his wife, Halina, who is also a survivor of the Holocaust. They met in a displaced persons camp in Austria in 1945. He and his brother worked hard to save up enough money to invest in a real estate company that was benefiting from the post-war housing boom. In 1964, he moved from New York to New Jersey, where he formed a new real estate company with his brother. Their business grew and prospered over the following years. Now in his nineties, he is enjoying retirement with Halina. They are the proud parents of two daughters. They also had a son who was tragically lost to cancer in his early twenties. His daughters have given them five grandchildren and they just recently welcomed their first great grandson.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan Booth on August 31, 2020

I was captivated by this story. I have read many books about the holocaust but this one was from a totally different perspective. I recommend this book to everyone and to all book clubs as there is much to discuss from a different standpoint. I have known the author, Leon, since I was a teenager whi......more

Goodreads review by Donadee's Corner on March 23, 2021

Leon Kleiner/Edwin Stepp – Save My Children – Reviewed 3/18/21 – Read 2/28 – 3/1/21 Help comes from an unexpected source when it looked like the end was closing in! Leon Kleiner's family lived in Tarnopol, at the time it was located in Poland. It was a wonderful area with lots of shops and restaurants......more

Goodreads review by Nora on August 12, 2021

The author states, “Looking back on all that I experienced I would have to say that, in the end, I had a wonderful life. But it was one of great extremes, and I have seen both the best life can offer and the absolute worst. My very early years in Tarnopol were pleasant and joyful. They were quickly......more

Goodreads review by Pam on October 08, 2022

Save My Children: An Astonishing Tale of Survival and Its Unlikely Hero is by Leon Kleiner and Edwin Stepp. It is the story of a family who is saved and what they went through and it is also the story of a Righteous Gentile who changed. This memoir is wonderful and is one that would be great for Mid......more

Goodreads review by Gary on November 07, 2023

The book started off well. It was interesting and then about half way it started to get boring. I skimmed through the rest of the book.......more

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