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One of the most extraordinary and poignant survival stories to come out of World War II. Misha was only six years old when her Jewish parents were taken away from their home in Belgium by the Nazis. She was given a new name, a new home, and forced into a new religion. No one told her why her parents were no longer with her, only that they had gone East. So one day, equipped only with a tiny compass and a few provisions, she set out East to find them. Alone, Misha crossed Belgium, Germany and Poland on foot - hiding in woods, stealing scraps of food - until, close to starvation, she was adopted by a family of wolves. She ate and played with the wolf cubs, and was protected by their mother. Thanks to the wolves, she survived the war, and eventually found her way home via the Ukraine, Romania and Italy.
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Misha Defonseca was born to a Jewish family in Brussels in 1934; when she returned to Belgium at the end of the war after her epic journey, she met her future husband. After they were married, they emigrated to the United States; she now lives near Boston.
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Another fake 'survivor' memoir - the author has admitted she made it all up, she's not even Jewish !
10 July 2006
Format:Paperback
I'm amazed that anyone would actually believe this guff - a little girl adopted by a pack of wolves? "Thanks to the wolves, she survived the war...", and all this after oh-so-easily crossing Belgium, Germany and Poland on foot during wartime ?
Anyone with an ounce of sense could see that it was all fake - and now the author has admitted it's all made up, even her name, she's not even Jewish - just check any news site.
None of it happened, and she's been laughing all the way to the bank with her millions, whilst the gullible kept on buying, and weeping over "the triumph of the human spirit" etc., etc.
Anyone with an ounce of sense could see that it was all fake - and now the author has admitted it's all made up, even her name, she's not even Jewish - just check any news site.
None of it happened, and she's been laughing all the way to the bank with her millions, whilst the gullible kept on buying, and weeping over "the triumph of the human spirit" etc., etc.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I started this 'autobiographical' book not knowing that the author had fairly recently divulged it was (mostly) all invented. Very quickly - long before the 'wolves' entered, something felt absolutely wrong - the initial relating of the disappearance of her parents etc somehow seemed too imbued with adult consciousness, and though I know that there were many extraordinary survivals from that terrible time this seemed like a very wounded or very cynical (often the same thing) adult deep in a heroic fantasy about herself.
Certainly, none of this made sense as the true story of a 6 year old.
I have given it the lowest rating I can, not because it is terribly written, but I am angry about the shameful abuse and manipulation the author has perpetrated, and also the cheapening and devaluing of the real and terrible experiences of so many. As I continued to read this book, my sense that it was a fake continued to grow - but I am so unwilling to believe that anyone could deliberately set out to deceive like this, that I found myself castigating myself for my own disbelief. It was only whilst I was about to post my review, which would have been a low rated one, but saying 'somehow, I'm unable to believe this is real, or is completely real, that there may be a kernal of truth, but the author is consciously or unconsciouly fabricating'. I looked up a couple of other very low reviews and found myself directed to the fact there had been a recent expose of Defonseca.
Shame on you Mischa Defonseca - I don't particularly care that you have set out to hoodwink the public in order to garner financial rewards, though that is of course pretty shabby - I DO care that you have given credence to all those who seek to say the whole holocaust experience is 'made-up', and i do care that you have so cynically exploited the very real and tragic suffering experienced by many millions, and the survivors and descendents of those survivors
I am just glad I borrowed this book from the library - I feel tainted enough that i have lined your pockets by public lendings, had I bought your book I would have torn it up and used it for cat litter. Shameful behaviour, you have a heart of money, Defonseca
Certainly, none of this made sense as the true story of a 6 year old.
I have given it the lowest rating I can, not because it is terribly written, but I am angry about the shameful abuse and manipulation the author has perpetrated, and also the cheapening and devaluing of the real and terrible experiences of so many. As I continued to read this book, my sense that it was a fake continued to grow - but I am so unwilling to believe that anyone could deliberately set out to deceive like this, that I found myself castigating myself for my own disbelief. It was only whilst I was about to post my review, which would have been a low rated one, but saying 'somehow, I'm unable to believe this is real, or is completely real, that there may be a kernal of truth, but the author is consciously or unconsciouly fabricating'. I looked up a couple of other very low reviews and found myself directed to the fact there had been a recent expose of Defonseca.
Shame on you Mischa Defonseca - I don't particularly care that you have set out to hoodwink the public in order to garner financial rewards, though that is of course pretty shabby - I DO care that you have given credence to all those who seek to say the whole holocaust experience is 'made-up', and i do care that you have so cynically exploited the very real and tragic suffering experienced by many millions, and the survivors and descendents of those survivors
I am just glad I borrowed this book from the library - I feel tainted enough that i have lined your pockets by public lendings, had I bought your book I would have torn it up and used it for cat litter. Shameful behaviour, you have a heart of money, Defonseca
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"I ask forgiveness to all who felt betrayed," Defonseca said, according to a written statement the lawyers gave to The Associated Press.
The author was Belgian, not Jewish. Her war years were spent comfortably in Belgium. Her "autobiography" is her alternate reality.
Another Wilkomirski tale. The more unlikely a story is, the more scrutiny should be applied when checking accuracy. When will fantastic stories like this cease to be believed?
The author was Belgian, not Jewish. Her war years were spent comfortably in Belgium. Her "autobiography" is her alternate reality.
Another Wilkomirski tale. The more unlikely a story is, the more scrutiny should be applied when checking accuracy. When will fantastic stories like this cease to be believed?
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One of the best books I have ever read
I have read 1,000s of books in my life, many that are so good I din't want to put them down till I have finished them. Read more
Published 1 month ago by bmthbob
Truly disgusted
I can honestly say that I have never been so shocked or disgusted when I found out this memoir was a fake and that the author had exploited the public, the horror of the holocaust... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Secret Writer
Dont believe everything you read
I started this book thinking I would like to make a film about this and contact Steaven Spielburg but decided to check the story out
and fount what a sham it was. Read more
and fount what a sham it was. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Avid Reader
Feel Angry
I came on here to leave a review for this book and have just read that it is completely false. Shame on you Misha. Read more
Published 14 months ago by C. Martin
Poorly written memoir - and it's fiction
This is a poorly written book, forgiveable as a memoir but it turns out to be fiction. AVOID
Published 23 months ago by Keith Lawson
Fiction = not true
I read this book with steadily growing scepticism as the 6 year old walked alone across half of Nazi-occupied Europe, became part of a wolf family group, broke into houses to steal... Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2010 by Alice Reader
A True Life Story
An interesting book to read and it made me wonder how I would have coped in similar circumstances. This lady has my respect.
Published on 23 Dec 2009 by M. Salt
read a true book
I started reading this a few years ago and stopped after the first couple of chapters as it was quite clearly fiction. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2009 by Mr. Mark St Grant
A remarkable true story
This is a remarkable true story of an extremely couragous young girl and a fascinating inside into wolves who, by adopting her, probably saved her life. Very well-worth reading.
Published on 30 Sep 2009 by J. D. Morgan
She admits its untrue
I read this book a few years ago and would have given it 5 stars based on the fact that it was true. She has now......after a good few years of milking some profits.... Read more
Published on 4 July 2009 by M. L. Hudson
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