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Rosenblat makes first TV appearance since scandal

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 18, 2009 7:00 AM CST

(Newser) – Holocaust memoir faker Herman Rosenblat appears on Good Morning America today in his first TV appearance since his downfall, Gawker reports. A leaked video of Rosenblat being interviewed made it onto YouTube last night, and shows the story he’s trying to spin: that he convinced himself he was the boy his wife tossed apples to in a concentration camp.

“In reality, I wasn't telling the truth, because she didn't throw the apple to me. But in my mind I believe she did. I still believe it's me,” Rosenblat says in the video. “I did no harm to anybody; in fact I did good to people. I made a mistake and I want America to forgive me.”

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This Sept. 25, 2008 file photo shows Herman and Roma Rosenblat posing for a photo in their North Miami Beach, Fla. home, as they talk about "Angel Girl." (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter,File)

In this Sept. 25, 2008 file photo, Herman and Roma Rosenblat pose for a photo in their North Miami Beach, Fla. home. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)

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