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 at Warner Bros, instead claimed Winton saved “669 children”.

GB News understands that the BBC has consistently used the film’s official synopsis but updated it alongside its co-producers and distributors yesterday.

Further backlash came after several cinemas described the story as one involving a man “who helped save Central European children from the Nazis”.

Director of public affairs at the Board of Jewish Deputies Daniel Sugarman said: “This is how the film is described on their website. No mention of Jews at all.

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“That’s 2024 for you. Half the time we’re experiencing Holocaust inversion, the other half we’re getting written out of our own history.”

HMV have apologised for its wording, adding: “We understand how this choice of wording could be interpreted and we have updated it to say that Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi-occupation.”

Responding to HMV’s initial post, Countdown host Rachel Riley wrote: “Wow. They can’t even bring themselves to say ‘Jewish children’ were saved from the Nazis.

“Jewish child Holocaust survivors no longer creditable? Sign of the messed up times.”

Warner Bros and the BBC recently updated their websites to describe the children as “predominantly Jewish”.

Winton, who was born into a Jewish family in Hampstead, spent nine months in 1939 rescuing 669 children from Czechoslovakia to London Liverpool Street.

He also worked to fulfil the legal requirements to bring them to safety, finding homes and sponsors for them.

The Second World War hero is being played by ace actor Sir Anthony Hopkins.