Misha

About “Misha”

Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years is a literary hoax by Misha Defonseca, first published in 1997. The book was presented as a memoir detailing the author's supposed survival of the Holocaust as a young Jewish girl. It claims she wandered Europe searching for her parents, who had been deported. The book was widely sold in several countries and later adapted into a film titled Survivre avec les loups, which translates to Surviving with the Wolves. The film's title refers to the claim that Misha was adopted by a pack of wolves during her journey, who protected her. The work was later revealed to be a fabrication. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)