BBC sparks outrage after omitting the word ‘Jewish’ in WW2 Holocaust film

The BBC has sparked outrage after omitting the word “Jewish” from its promotional material for a film about World War Two hero Sir Nicholas Winton. Winton, who died in 2015 at the age of 106, rescued hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis with the kindertransport scheme. A new film, One Life, tells Winton’s story as Adolf Hitler expanded his grip across mainland Europe. Despite much coverage of the heroic mission, the word “Jewish” was not initially featured on the website on the information page on BBC Film. The wording, echoed by co-producers See-Saw Films and distributors …

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