GMB slammed with Ofcom complaints after major Holocaust error

has been hit with 77 complaints after neglecting to mention Jewish people in its Memorial Day coverage.

On Monday, was presenting a live segment about the horrific atrocities committed during World War Two, and said: “Six million people were killed in concentration camps during the , as well as millions of others because they were Polish, disabled, gay, or belonged to another ethnic group.”

But Ranvir’s introduction noticeably failed to include the word ‘Jews’. The Campaign Against Antisemitism has spoken out against the coverage, while Ofcom has confirmed its 77 complaints related to the incident.

A campaign spokesperson said: “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.”

GMB offered an apology on Tuesday (January 28), with Ranvir saying: “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, for which we apologise.”

A GMB spokesperson told Express.co.uk: “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.”