GMA Exclusive Reporter on Holocaust Hoax: Why did you do it? Why did you tell such a big lie to so many people for so long?
Jewish Author Responds to Lying: It wasn’t a lie. It was my imagination. And in my imagination, In my mind, I believed it. Even now I believe it.
GMA Exclusive Reporter on Holocaust Hoax: How can you say it wasn’t a lie? It wasn’t true, and you know it’s not true.
Jewish Author Responds to Lying: Yes, it’s not true. But in my imagination, it was true.
Narrator: Rosenblatt says he made the story up to give people hope and to promote understanding about the Holocaust. But members of his own family say his real motivation… was money.
GMA Exclusive Reporter on Holocaust Hoax: So you were not motivated in any way by money?
Jewish Author Responds to Lying: No.
GMA Exclusive Reporter on Holocaust Hoax: This is from your son. He said that he knew you were lying for years and he couldn’t get you to stop. Here’s his quote. “It was always hurtful. My father is a man who I don’t know.” How do you respond to that?
Jewish Author Responds to Lying: I don’t know. I can’t respond to it. I don’t know why he said that.
Narrator: Herman and Roma Rosenblatt told their false story publicly for more than a decade. But it all fell apart about six weeks ago.
GMA Exclusive Reporter on Holocaust Hoax: Why did your wife agree to go along with this? Did she ever express any reservations?
Jewish Author Responds to Lying: Because she loves me.
