Herman Rosenblat's Fabricated Love Story Gets Canned

True love stories as well as romanticized street tales have always been an interest among the general public. Many people don't believe in these types of stories simply because they seem too good to be true. In most cases, the validity of someone's story can be checked out, but only to a certain extent. The only people who know if a story is true or not are those who were actually involved. Recently, a famous story about a man, Herman Rosenblat and his wife, Roma Radzicki Rosenblat has proven to be false.

The story was one of a man who had supposedly met his wife as a child while he was in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. The story talk about how Mrs. Rosenblat used to throw apples over the camps fence for her future husband while he was in concentration camp. Then, the story claimed that they met up in New York 12 years later on a blind date, and got married. Though the story really isn't too good to be true, the truth is that it is not. A memoir of this Holocaust experience which was to be titled "Angel at the Fence," was supposed to be published this coming February.

Unfortunately, due to Mr. Rosenblat admitting that his story had been fabricated, the release of the book has been canceled. Berkley Books has also demanded that Mr. Rosenblat return the advance that he received for the books publishing. The couple had told their story on the Oprah Winfrey show as well as in several magazines and newspapers.

Was that a bad move on the behalf of the publisher? The love story was obviously a good story, otherwise it would not have received nearly as much attention as it has. People like to read fiction as well as nonfiction. Just because the story is not 100 percent true does not mean that it can't be profitable. Even though the book has been canceled, Harris Salomon is producing a movie based on the story and will continue with his film.

The truth came to light due to several scholars and family members of attempts to validate the story. Despite the validity of his story being harassed by scholars, Mr. Rosenblat continuously defended it. What finally caused him to confess of its fabrication is really unknown, but the main thing here is that people respect honesty. Maybe if Mr. Rosenblat had just shopped the story as a fictional tale to screenwriters and movie directors instead of trying to make people believe in a false story, things would not have crashed for him the way they have.