Was Roald Dahl anti-Semitic?

Newly-released papers show Royal Mint ditched commemorative coin plains in 2014

Roald Dahl
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The Royal Mint scrapped plans for a limited edition coin commemorating Roald Dahl due to concerns over the author’s alleged anti-Semitism.

The Daily Telegraph reports that “proposals to release a coin to mark 100 years since Dahl’s birth were dropped by officials reportedly concerned he was ‘not regarded as an author of the highest reputation’”, as a result of remarks he made on Jews and the Holocaust.

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