The title is a reference to the central event of the opera, Simon being pushed off the convoy by his mother, who died three days later at Auchwitz.
The opera was created after Gronowski met Howard Moody at La Monnaine in Brussels.
[3] PUSH had its world premiere on Saturday 1 October 2016, at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, with the performance featuring an amateur choir.
[10] PUSH tells of the escape of Simon Gronowski, from the twentieth convoy as an eleven year old boy in 1943.
In the aftermath of the attack on the convoy, the prisoners are emboldened to attempt escape and Simon is pushed from the carriage.