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Roald Dahl’s family apologises for late children author’s anti-Semitic remarks
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”.
Key points:
- 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 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.
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