http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/03/more-false-memory/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:14:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/03/more-false-memory/#comment-105454 Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » More on Misha Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:43:39 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/03/more-false-memory/#comment-105454 [...] More on the case of Misha Defonseca’s Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years. On Slate, Blake Eskin asks Why did it take so long for a far-fetched Holocaust memoir to be debunked? Good question. Why did people take her seriously for so long? Raising questions about the authenticity of someone’s Holocaust testimony, however implausible it seems, is a joyless task and one that puts you in unsavory company. [...] […] More on the case of Misha Defonseca’s Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years. On Slate, Blake Eskin asks Why did it take so long for a far-fetched Holocaust memoir to be debunked? Good question. Why did people take her seriously for so long? Raising questions about the authenticity of someone’s Holocaust testimony, however implausible it seems, is a joyless task and one that puts you in unsavory company. […]

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