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inspiring story of holocaust survival, 7 yo girl joins wolf pack, kills nazi in knife fight
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from: [link to www.fpp.co.uk]
also see: [link to judicial-inc.biz]
From Misha Defonseca's flight from Nazis to publication of her memoir, life has been a battle against the odds
By David Mehegan,
Globe Staff
Boston Globe
November 4, 2001
IT'S an amazing story. But then, it's often said, all Holocaust survivor stories are amazing.
[does the adjective "amazing" really do justice to this tale?]
... A Belgian Jewish girl, age 7, runs away from the family that took her in when her parents were arrested by the Germans. ...
Over the next four years, she wanders through Germany, Poland, and Ukraine, ... Romania and the Balkans ... Italy, then walking back to Belgium via France.
[at such a young age, between 7 and 11 years old.]
... fed and protected by packs of friendly wolves. ... kills a German soldier with a pocket knife ...
[Her memoirs] drew high-profile endorsements by Leonard P. Zakim, late director of the New England Anti-Defamation League (''a scary must-read for anyone interested in the Holocaust''); journalist/historian Padraig O'Malley; and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel (''very moving'').
[this whole story, wolves, 8 year-old knife fighter, and all has been officially accepted by the ADL and some holocaust experts!]
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The French version, by Editions Laffont, sold more then 30,000 copies, and the Italian edition, published by Longanesi, sold more than 37,000. There were also Dutch and Japanese editions ...
Defonseca had a triumphant French tour, with readings and TV appearances.
Hollywood calls
... Walt Disney studios paid for a six-month option on a movie,
... Defonseca was taped frolicking with wolves at Wolf Park, an Ipswich animal park, by a crew from Oprah Winfrey's program. ...
... Daniel herself became nervous in 1999, when ''Fragments,'' a prize-winning Holocaust memoir by Swiss musician Binjamin Wilkomirski, was proved to be a fake. ''It sent a shudder through the industry,'' Daniel says. ''Up until then, publishers had never been called upon to vet their stories'' to ensure their accuracy.
[g-d damn the jew haters! the effrontery, the unmittigated gall to doubt stories of holocaust survivors!]
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Misha Defonseca makes a compelling impression, and does not sound like an untruthful person. Asked why she thinks people are skeptical of her story, she says, ''Because it is with animals. People are afraid of animals.''
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