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Roald Dahl’s family apologises for late children author’s anti-Semitic remarks – ABC News
The family of Roald Dahl, the late author of children’s classics such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, apologises for anti-Semitic remarks he made, saying…
The family of Roald Dahl, the 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 family said Dahl’s prejudiced remarks show the “lasting impact of words”
- An advocacy group for British Jews said the apology was a long time coming
- A movie version of Dahl’s book The Witches was recently produced by Warner Brothers
The British author, who died in 1990 aged 74, remains popular…
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