Misha Defonseca

Misha Defonseca
Born
Monique de Wael

(1937-05-12) 12 May 1937
Etterbeek, Belgium
Occupation(s)Novelist, writer
Known forWriting a fraudulent Holocaust memoir
SpouseMaurice Defonseca

Misha Defonseca (born Monique de Wael) is a Belgian-born impostor and the author of a fraudulent 1997 Holocaust memoir titled Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, initially presented as true.