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BBC draws fire after airing Holocaust cello repair story that does not specially mention Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY A recent BBC One episode of "The Repair Shop" featured a segment on a Jewish child's cello damaged during the Kindertransport. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustJewish IdentityKindertransportBbcRepresentationHelen MirrenMartin LandauCelloThe Repair Shop

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London, England, United Kingdom
"The BBC headquarters is located in London."
Berlin, Germany
"Born in Berlin in 1924, Landau who later became a prominent theater director was 14 when he brought his cello with him on board the Kindertransport."

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