{"product_id":"wagon-michel-tessier-9781790587452","title":"Wagon","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Wagon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Holocaust Story of Memory, Deportation, and Survival\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his sixties, Michel loses both his father and his mother within a few short years. Their passing leaves behind more than grief-it severs the last living connection to a family history marked by absence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA silence filled with names that were never spoken enough.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrandparents, aunts, cousins-entire branches of his family were deported and murdered during the Holocaust. Their lives were erased, swallowed by history, leaving only fragments, memories, and unanswered questions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRefusing to let them disappear a second time, Michel undertakes a powerful journey of remembrance. He sets out to reconstruct their final days-not as distant history, but as lived experience. To see them again, to hear them, to restore their humanity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe is joined by Claude Rosen, a renowned producer haunted by his own childhood trauma. As a young boy, Claude survived because his mother hid him in a cupboard under the stairs while she faced the police, shouting and resisting to protect her child. That moment shaped his entire life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTogether, Michel and Claude bring memory to life through a striking and immersive reconstruction: a theater stage transformed into a deportation wagon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this confined space, they recreate the journey from Drancy Internment Camp to Auschwitz concentration camp, a journey that lasted three days and two nights-but changed history forever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough the cracks of the wooden wagon, light enters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd with it, voices.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePassengers emerge: men, women, children-each carrying fear, dignity, memories, and the fragile hope of survival. Their stories unfold in whispers, in cries, in silence. The relentless sound of the train wheels, the suffocating air, and the growing awareness of their fate create an atmosphere both unbearable and deeply human.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese testimonies do not fade.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey inscribe themselves into the soul-like invisible ink, as permanent as the numbers tattooed onto the arms of those who survived.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlending Holocaust history, personal narrative, and immersive storytelling, \u003ci\u003eThe Wagon\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a reconstruction of the past. It is an act of transmission. A refusal to forget.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecause the dangers that led to this tragedy have not disappeared.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcross the world, we see the resurgence of antisemitism, racism, hatred of difference, fear of the other. The same mechanisms that once led to deportation and destruction are still present, in new forms.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe wagon is no longer only a symbol of the past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is a warning for the present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers interested in: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHolocaust history and World War II testimony\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJewish memory, identity, and family legacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistorical narratives of deportation and survival\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmotional and immersive storytelling based on true events\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe wagon is still moving-through history, through memory, and through us.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Tessier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 179058745X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781790587452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Michel Tessier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486086476031,"sku":"9781790587452","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f13f116c-3f98-4631-9468-cbda364e095f.jpg?v=1778053584","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wagon-michel-tessier-9781790587452","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}