The documentary ‘Misha and the Wolves’ produced by Netflix surrounded by controversy for its alleged veracity

The documentary ‘Misha and the Wolves’ Produced by Netflix, it tells a war story set in World War II, in which Misha, an 8-year-old girl, must travel across Europe to save her parents from the atrocities of the Nazis. The film, we are sure, will leave you breathless, even if this story has been embroiled in a series of controversies over its alleged veracity.

The story tells the life of Misha, an 8-year-old girl of Jewish origins, who leaves Brussels in search of her parents after they were deported and tortured by the Nazi party.

Although Misha is aware of this whole situation she is facing, due to the anti-Semitic hunt by the Nazis, as well as the fact that she has little information and only knows that her parents have been sent east. His courage in him will make him embark on the journey in search of the people he loves.

For this, you will have the help of a small compass, which will help you travel through Belgium, Germany, Poland and Ukraine. The girl will go alone on this journey, but she will meet several allies who will help her survive, as well as endless obstacles that will drag her to steal clothes and food. To all this will be added her encounter with a pack of wild wolves who, in an inhospitable way, will help him on her journey.

The controversy over the veracity of Misha and the wolves

The story is based on Misha Defonseca’s book “Surviving with Wolves” and, although it is depicted on screen as a documentary, it has been surrounded by endless criticism from various media that accuse it that the whole story is just an invention. , as it seems incredible that a girl walked through much of Europe alone during the Holocaust.

According to the Belgian newspaper Le soir, which embarked to investigate the truth of this story, in an interview with the author’s cousin, he confirmed that the girl’s parents were arrested in 1941 for participating in the resistance and that they died during the war. There is no date for her mother, but she says her father was shot dead in a concentration camp.

At the same time, other relatives took care of Misha, very hard years for the girl. Defonseca, after having denied the statements of the newspaper, she surrendered to the evidence and lost the forgiveness of the lie. In a letter addressed to Le Soir he writes: “This story is mine. It is not the real reality, but it is my reality, my way of surviving”, says the author.