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The book sold well in several countries and was made into a film, Survivre avec les loups (Surviving with the Wolves), named after the claim that Misha was adopted by a pack of wolves during her journey who protected her. However, on 29 February 2008, Defonseca publicly admitted what many had already suspected, that her book was false.
Aug 18, 2021 · Misha said it was soon joined by a whole pack of wolves, who calmly followed her on her journey and protected her. Misha was one with the wolves. They became her family. When the war finally ended in 1945, Misha made her way back to Belgium on her own. Traumatised by her experience, she later moved to the US and started a new life.
Jan 31, 2021 · At the age of 7, Misha Defonseca survived the Holocaust by befriending a pack of wolves in the woods. Or so she said.
Aug 11, 2021 · In her memoir she claimed at the age of six, she wandered across Europe and was sheltered by a friendly pack of wolves. She also claimed she killed a German soldier in self-defense, sneaking...
- Molli Mitchell
Apr 27, 2021 · At the age of seven, in Nazi-occupied Belgium, she trudged through a forest and kept herself alive by joining a pack of wolves that protected and provided her with scraps of food. In 1997,...
- Sheldon Kirshner
Dec 14, 2021 · If Holocaust survivor Misha Defonseca’s personal tale of escaping Nazi Germany as a child by being accepted into a protective pack of wolves, which she turned into a bestselling book, seems...
Jan 31, 2021 · She was eventually adopted by a pack of wolves, who offered her warmth, companionship, and security.“I had tears in my eyes,” remembers Karen Schulman, a friend of Misha’s.