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Family of children’s author Roald Dahl apologise for anti-Semitic remarks – 9TheFIX
‘Incomprehensible to us’
The family of Roald Dahl, late author of children’s classics such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has apologised for anti-Semitic remarks he made, saying the comments were “incomprehensible to us”.
The British author, who died in 1990 aged 74, remains popular with young readers around the world and several of his books such as The BFG, Matilda, Fantastic Mr Fox and most recently The Witches, have been turned into movies and stage shows.
However, controversy has occasionally flared up over…
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