Herman A. Rosenblat (c. 1929 – February 5, 2015) was a Polish-born American author, known for writing a fictitious Holocaust memoir titled Angel at the Fence,[1] purporting to tell the true story of a girl who passed him food through the barbed-wire fence at the Schlieben sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp in World War II.[2] The book was planned to be published in 2009 by Berkley Books, but was cancelled after it turned out that many elements of his memoir were fabricated and some were contrary to verifiable historical facts. Rosenblat later admitted to lying on purpose with the intention of "bringing joy".[3][4]
Before the hoax became public, the film rights to the book were purchased for $25 million by Harris Salomon of Atlantic Overseas Pictures.[5] Other fans of the story include Oprah Winfrey who has described it as the single greatest love story she heard in over 22 years of hosting her show.
The story behind Rosenblat's story is being developed as an independent feature film. In June 2010 Atlantic Overseas Pictures and producer Harris Salomon signed a co-production agreement with Castel Film Studios, a well known studio in Central and Eastern Europe and the studio for Cold Mountain and Borat as well as 3rd-i films in London, to produce a feature film about the Herman Rosenblat affair based on an original screenplay by award-winning screenwriter Ivo Marloh entitled The Apple,[6] scheduled for production in 2015.[7]
^Rosenblat, Herman (2009) Angel at the Fence Berkley Hardcover, ISBN 978-0-425-22581-3
^"Anger, sadness over fabricated Holocaust story". Publication of disputed Holocaust memoir canceled. Associated Press. Dec 27, 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
^Joanna Szczęsna (Dec 27, 2008). "Holocaust and Kitsch" [Holocaust i kicz]. Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
^"Herman Rosenblat, memoirist behind false Holocaust romance, dies at 85". The Guardian. February 19, 2015.
^Corky Siemaszko (February 18, 2009). "Herman Rosenblat, author of 'Angel at the Fence', defends faked Holocaust memoir". Daily News (New York).
^3rd-i.com. "The Apple (2014)". 3rd-i Films: Projects. Script was a finalist in the international Blue Cat screenwriting competition; in pre-production, to be shot on location in New York City, Romania, Poland and Germany. Archived from the original on 2014-12-14 – via Internet Archive, 2014-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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