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If this is the true story of Lale and Gita, why is it being described as historical fiction?

Glenys I believe that this is mostly biographical. Heather Morris was asked to write this by Lale who was anxious to have his story told before he died. He w…moreI believe that this is mostly biographical. Heather Morris was asked to write this by Lale who was anxious to have his story told before he died. He was an old man and told Heather his story about sixty years after the events occurred so there may well be discrepancies (ie the penicillin which we take almost for granted today). I recall a radio interview when Heather Morris said that it took some years to write this story which was planned as a screenplay.(less)

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