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Angel at the Fence is a memoir written by Buchenwald concentration camp survivor Herman Rosenblat that was covered by correspondents on all three newscasts because it will never see the light of day. Berkley Publications canceled its plans for the book and demanded its advance returned because its romantic story turned out to be a fabrication. No, the boy Rosenblat was not sustained as a prisoner by a girl who tossed him apples from the other side of the fence. No, the boy and girl did not find each other again in a blind date 14 years later. No, that coincidence was not the spark that led to their 50 year marriage. No, the couple had not told the truth when their love affair was celebrated on Oprah.
CBS' Kelly Cobiella credited The New Republic for poking holes in Rosenblat's story. NBC's Lee Cowan pointed out that Rosenblat had already published his fiction as a children's book Angel Girl. ABC's Dan Harris equated Rosenblat's tale with "another high profile literary hoax," that of Misha Defonseca, who claimed to have eluded the Nazi Holocaust as a Jewish girl by being raised by wolves.
Angel at the Fence may never be released in book form, mused CBS' Cobiella, but "producers are moving forward with a $25m movie."
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