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Once upon a time in an enormous forest, there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. Around them a war wages, and hunger is a constant companion. Yet every night, the woodcutter’s wife prays for a child. A Jewish father rides on a train holding twin babies. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed both children. In hopes of saving them both, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and throws her into the forest. While foraging for food, the woodcutter’s wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. She knows that this little girl will be hunted, but she cannot ignore this gift: she will accept the precious cargo, and raise her as her…

Once upon a time in an enormous forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. Around them a war wages, and hunger is a constant companion. Yet every night, the woodcutter's wife prays for a child. On a train crossing the forest, a Jewish father holds his twin children. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed them. In hopes of saving both their lives, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and gently throws her from the train. While foraging for food, the woodcutter's wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. She knows that this little girl will be pursued, but she cannot ignore this gift: she will accept the precious cargo, and…

Жил в лесу бедный дровосек с женой. Не было у них детей, а жене так хотелось ребеночка. И вот однажды из окошка товарного поезда к ногам вечно голодной женщины выпал сверток. Товар? Вот так удача! Но в свертке оказался младенец, и женщина приняла его как дар небес. Откуда она могла знать, что товарный поезд везет не товары в магазин, а людей в концлагерь Аушвиц?.. Потрясающая притча Жан-Клода Грюмбера «Самый дорогой товар» — о том, как сила жизни одолела индустрию смерти в страшной гуманитарной катастрофе XX века.

Il était une fois, dans un grand bois, une pauvre bûcheronne et un pauvre bûcheron. Non non non non, rassurez-vous, ce n’est pas Le Petit Poucet ! Pas du tout. Moi-même, tout comme vous, je déteste cette histoire ridicule. Où et quand a-t-on vu des parents abandonner leurs enfants faute de pouvoir les nourrir ? Allons... Dans ce grand bois donc, régnaient grande faim et grand froid. Surtout en hiver. En été, une chaleur accablante s’abattait sur ce bois et chassait le grand froid. La faim, elle, par contre, était constante, surtout en ces temps où sévissait, autour de ce bois, la guerre mondiale. La guerre mondiale, oui oui oui oui…