Rabbi Heiligman told me, "I wish she had published it as fiction—it's a compelling story."

Sickening. The 'holy man' (that's what 'Heiligman' means) has only one remorse: that the story didn't dupe enough people.

orphaned daughter of two Catholic members of the Belgian resistance

Why illegal combatants/partisans are 'resistance fighters' when they oppose Germany and are 'terrorists' when the oppose the US or its allies?

Defonseca has suffered greatly at the hands of the Nazis.

Oh, yes? Why do young girls whose father is deported as illegal combattant only get attention when they are (or pretend to be) Jewish ?
How about the tens of thousands of legal German soldiers deported and killed after the war by the US (Eisenhower camps, Rheinwiesenlager,...)?
Where is your outcry over the narcissistic disregard for the suffering of actual Iraqui orphans suffering at the hand of Americans, Palestinians at the hand of Jews ....?
Only asking.

her story was translated into 18 languages, became the basis of an Italian opera, and, last month, a feature film released in France.

Suppose it weren't a holocaust story: would there be operas, films and could a one-man editor such as Mt Ivy Press get it translated in 18 languages and make millions out of it? Why not?

By now tons of 'holocaust' memories have been debunked as fraud, what makes you so sure that the rest of it is not of the same kind?
The central concepts of the 'holocaust' (6 million, gas chambers, genocide intention) have no factual basis or been proven wrong.

Why are you still in the unsavory company of the holocaust believers?

When did Slate become home to the wacko Holocaust deniers? Listen, stupid, you are certainly in the unsavory company of Holocaust believers so you should go back to your Nazi websites where you'll feel more at home.

The Holocaust is the most documented event in human history. The gas chambers and six million Jews dead as well as millions more unwanted has been proven correct, not wrong. SS Officer Rudolf Hoess wrote letters documenting Auschwitz as a death camp. There was plenty of documentation about the Wannsee Convention at which the Final Solution was implemented.

There are photos of the crematoriums at Auschwitz and ample scientific evidence (even Leuchter's report) finding HCN and Zyclon B 45 years after the camp was liberated. You've conveniently forgotten about the photos of the mass graves and the testimony of the Allied forces who liberated the camps.

I know your life sucks and you want to blame it on the Jews. I couldn't care less. However, every time you post this crap on a legitimate, intelligent website, you will be challenged. Every time.

***could a one-man editor such as Mt Ivy Press get it translated in 18 languages and make millions out of it?***

The one-man editor at Mt Ivy Press got a camera crew from Oprah to film Misha and a producer from Disney to ask about production rights. But Misha ruined those deals by filing a lawsuit against Mt. Ivy for not adequately promoting the book.

Yeah... greed is a terrible thing.
It makes some people invent all kinds of lies, especially when there are no legal sanctions to be feared.
When a 'holocaust' lier is debunked, he just continues his fraud as 'fiction'.

However, every time you post this crap on a legitimate, intelligent website, you will be challenged. Every time.

I like to be challenged, at least when they come up with arguments, which is fairly rare with 'holocaust' believers.

Listen, stupid, you are certainly in the unsavory company of Holocaust believers so you should go back to your Nazi websites where you'll feel more at home.

Sorry, Mr. Clever, I didn't know this forum is reserved for 'holocaust' believers.
Ask your rabbi if they will forgive, when I donate some shekels to the 'legitimate kosher forum' fund...

The Holocaust is the most documented event in human history.

When you refer to documents of the Defonseca type, I agree.

The gas chambers and six million Jews dead as well as millions more unwanted has been proven correct, not wrong.

No forensic evidence proving gas chambers at all, but some forensic evidence against it (eg Rudolf).
The Hoess 'confessions' are inconsistent with reality (eg capacity of cremation) and he was put under alcohol and tortured (as his torturers boasted).
The six million claim come up in Nuremberg (from a german traitor) and they didn't even try to prove it.

There was plenty of documentation about the Wannsee Convention at which the Final Solution was implemented.

Uuuuh? Ever read the Wannsee Conference protocol? It says nothing about extermination.
The 'final solution' is clearly defined to be resettlement to the east. All the rest is postwar phantasy.

There are photos of the crematoriums at Auschwitz

Nobody denies crematoriums, every medium sized city had them and Auschwitz was a big industrial complex.

ample scientific evidence (even Leuchter's report) finding HCN and Zyclon B 45 years after the camp was liberated

You didn't read anything: The scientific evidence (Leuchter, Rudolf report) proves exacly the contrary: in the so-called 'gas chambers' there is practically no acid blue (stable cyanid compound from Zyklon-B) wheras in the delousing gas chamber there is plenty of it (still visible today).

photos of the mass graves and the testimony of the Allied forces who liberated the camps.

At the chaotic end of this war there were a lot of mass graves, mostly from allied terror bombing.
People were dying everywhere, the camps had been evacuated from the east and lack of medical supplies and food killed hundreds of thousands, not only inmates.
Nothing of this proves gas chambers or genocide. US doctors made thousands of autopsies of inmates: no one was gassed.
BTW, be careful with fotos of mass graves. Not so long ago we were shown the mass graves of Katyn and told it was the work of the ugly Germans.

I know your life sucks and you want to blame it on the Jews. I couldn't care less.
Hey!!! Run out of arguments?

The hoaxers will be challenged. Every time. That's why they restrict free speech in virtually all 'democracies'.
Just wait, they will eliminate my comments in this forum, too.