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Herman Rosenblat's Angel at the Fence Fabrication

The fabrication of Herman Rosenblat's story about a girl throwing apples over the fence at the Schlieben subcamp, which was exposed as false and led to the cancellation of his memoir.

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Feb 3, 2026

Is/was there an actual fence angel named Earl Hutchins?

There is no evidence in the provided reporting that a “fence angel” named ever existed; the well-documented case that reporters and scholars discuss is ’s fabricated “angel at the fence” story about a...