# Roald Dahl was anti-semitic? Who knew?

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roald-dahl-was-anti-semitic-who-knew/927485/10 "2023-02-18T18:43:26Z")

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I am surprised to learn than his works have been rewritten:

> **[Rewriting Roald Dahl: the hundreds of changes made to suit a new ‘sensitive’...](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/17/roald-dahl-books-rewritten-offensive-matilda-witches-twits/)**
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> Quietly and systematically, the author’s entire catalogue has been reworked in a bid for ‘relevancy’

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