Surviving With Wolves

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 to save her. No one told her why her parents were no longer with her, only that they had gone East. So one day, equipped with a tiny compass and a few provisions, she set out to find them. Alone, Misha crossed Belgium, Germany and Poland on foot, hiding in woods, stealing scraps of food—until, close to starvation in a vast forest, 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 managed to survive. After four long years and encountering unspeakable hardship, Misha eventually found her way to Belgium via the Ukraine, Romania and Italy, always believing one day she would find her parents at the end of the war. 'Surviving With Wolves' is Misha’s incredible story—how a young girl witnessed the appalling cruelties of war, and for whom the animals of the forest proved safer than humans.