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Good Morning Britain host Ranvir Singh apologises for failing to mention Jews as victims of the Holocaust
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GOOD Morning Britain host Ranvir Singh has issued an apology after failing to mention Jews as being victims of the Holocaust.
The broadcaster sparked fury amongst viewers following the "baffling" mistake during the ITV show's coverage of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Monday.
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Holocaust Memorial Day celebrates the closing of the Nazis' biggest death camp by Allied forces on January 27 1945.
During a news segment, Ms Singh, 47, reported how King Charles was due to become the first British monarch to visit the site as part of a special service.
However, when listing the victims of the death camps, she mentioned a number of targeted groups, but failed to include those of the Jewish faith - the group which suffered the largest number of deaths.
Ms Singh said: "Six million people were killed in concentration camps during the Second World War, as well as millions of others because they were Polish, disabled, gay or belonged to another ethnic group."
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The Campaign Against Antisemitism shared the clip on X and blasted the host for her omission, saying it ";truly beggars belief", adding it was "dire reporting".
It went on to say: "Additionally, there is bafflingly no utterance of the word 'antisemitism' whatsoever.
"If this is intended to pay respect to the victims of Holocaust Memorial Day, it has failed abysmally and ignores the true nature of this horrific event."
The group said during an entire two-minute segment on the anniversary, which included cutting away from Ms Singh to correspondent Nick Dixon live from Auschwitz, there was only one mention of Jews.
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It referred to former history students taking a tour of the Jewish quarter of Kraków but failed to contextualise the significance.
In an apology today, Ms Singh said: "In yesterday's news, when we reported on the memorial events in Auschwitz, we said six million people were killed in the Holocaust but crucially failed to say they were Jewish. That was our mistake, which we apologise for."
In a statement, ITV added: "In our studio introduction to the report on the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz we failed to acknowledge the Jewish community which we have since apologised for live on air in today’s programme.
"This failure was done in error, however clear reference to Jewish people in the correspondent news report from Auschwitz immediately followed, as well as a further extended programme report referencing the six million Jewish victims.
"Yesterday's programme also included a live studio interview with a survivor of Auschwitz, Rachel Levy alongside Olivia Marks-Woldman, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Memorial Trust, both of whom talked candidly about their own experiences as Jewish people."
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More than a million people were murdered by the Nazis at the site during the Second World War.
They comprised mostly of Jews, but also Poles, Soviet prisoners of war and other nationalities were killed as part of the Holocaust.
In total, more than six million Jewish men, women and children were killed.
The camp was finally liberated by soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front.
Yesterday, King Charles, 76, walked through the entrance to the camp to mark the anniversary after hearing harrowing stories from Holocaust survivors.
He was joined by fellow monarchs including Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letizia, Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, Norway's Crown Prince Haakon, and Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria.
Charles initially visited the Jewish Community Centre, also meeting volunteers and wellwishers, as well as unveiling a plaque.
During a speech, Charles said the testimony of survivors teaches us to "never be a bystander in the face of violence and hate".
He went on to say, remembering the "evils of the past remains a vital task", and knowledge should be used to inspire people to "build a kinder and more compassionate world".
He described the anniversary as a "sombre and indeed a sacred moment".
It comes as Princess Kate joined husband Prince William to pay tribute to the six million Jews who died during one of humanity's darkest hours at an event in London yesterday.
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William gave a reading and lit a candle at a moving ceremony.
The Sun has approached ITV and the Jewish Leadership Council for comment.
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Six million people were killed in concentration camps during the Second World War, as well as millions of others because they were Polish, disabled, gay, or belonged to another ethnic group.
Jews. The word you’re looking for is ‘Jews’, not ‘people’. This truly beggars belief.
This dire reporting is not only factually incorrect but erases Jews from a genocide in which six million Jewish men, women and children were slaughtered specifically because they were Jews.
How is it possible, therefore, that on Holocaust Memorial Day of all days, @GMB manages to acknowledge several other groups but not Jews?
To make matters worse, there is no reference to Jewish people at all for over two minutes into this segment, and when there finally is one, it is only done once and in regard to former history students taking a tour of the Jewish quarter of Kraków.
Additionally, there is bafflingly no utterance of the word “antisemitism” whatsoever. If this is intended to pay respect to the victims of Holocaust Memorial Day, it has failed abysmally and ignores the true nature of this horrific event.
How on earth was this allowed to happen, @ITV? We demand an explanation.
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