Latest literary swindle: Holocaust story fabricated

New York, United States, December 29: The real life was in reality, reel life only! This is what best explains the cancellation of the release of Rosenblat's memoir, 'Angel at the Fence'. Scheduled to come out in February, the love story, which blossomed in one of the concentration camps during the World War II turned out to be bogus. Picture: Get original file (9KB) Full Article: There was a plethora of warnings from intellectuals, scholars and critics that the story did not hold water. However, for years and years, publishers, film producers, news correspondents, the hoi-polloi chose to ignore the words of caution. None other than Oprah Winfrey hosted the lovebirds Herman Rosenblat and his wife, Roma Radzicki Rosenblat twice on her show. She went on record to term their fable as "the single greatest love story" she had come across during her 22-year stint on the show. The tale goes as thus, Herman Rosenblat, now 79, met his wife, Roma Radzicki Rosenblat 50 years ago at a Nazi concentration camp. The imprisoned male child used to get apples tossed over the fence by the petite Christian farm girl. Love thus blossomed between the two. Records establish the fact that Rosenblat was indeed at Buchenwald and other camps. The world was moved by the story all these 50 years. Now the world has a reason to feel betrayed. Describing himself as a supporter of affection and broadmindedness, Mr Rosenblat said, "I wanted to bring happiness to people." He said that through his fallacious past he, "brought hope to a lot of people.” He added, “My motivation was to make good in this world." Sidney Finkel, a longtime friend of Rosenblat's and a fellow survivor had a more serious view of the entire episode, He said, "I am very worried because many of us speak to thousands of students each year. We go before audiences. We tell them a story and now some people will question what I experienced." Literary agent Andrea Hurst learnt his lesson. He said, "If I ever take on another memoir, they're going to have to prove everything, every line. From now on, I may just stick to basic fiction and nonfiction."