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Fake Holocaust Memoir May See Light as Novel

Henry Rosenblatt working to find outlet for disgraced story

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 8, 2009 1:25 PM CST

(Newser) – Herman Rosenblat’s Holocaust memoir was exposed as fake, but that doesn’t mean no one can profit off it: A small New York press is considering publishing the work as fiction, Gawker reports. Rosenblat, who even fooled Oprah a la James Frey, spun a... Read full story »

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