The Holocaust memoir based on what Oprah called "the single greatest love story" has been canned. Berkley Books has cancelled the publication of Angel at the Fence and demanded that the author, Herman Rosenblat, pay back his money. Rosenblat is an actual Holocaust survivor, but his story of meeting his future wife through a concentration camp (he claimed she threw food over to help him survive) seems to have been invented. Rosenblat's story was questioned in an article in The New Republic last week. In a statement, Rosenblat said, "I wanted to bring happiness to people. I brought hope to a lot of people. My motivation was to make good in this world."
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