"That was a purely European pleasure; and so, my heart is broken and the terrible thing I have to face is that Hitler won he changed us. He made us like him."
Her comments have prompted outrage, with the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) calling for her to be stripped of both her OBE and her Bafta, which she won for a supporting role in 1993’s The Age of Innocence.
The group said called the remarks “racist bilge”, adding: “This must be the end of the road for Miriam Margolyes. The fact that she was born Jewish does not give her a licence to use her immense platform to spread anti-Jewish venom.
“Saying that Hitler converted the Jews into Nazis is flat out racist bilge and she must be shunned by the show business world that has fawned and bowed until now. This includes stripping her of her Bafta.
“We will be writing to the Honours Forfeiture Committee to ask that her OBE be removed.”
However, this isn't the first time Margolyes has used her platform air contentious criticisms of Israel.
Just last week, she took to social media to say that Hitler had turned Jews “from being compassionate and caring into this vicious, genocidal, nationalist nation”.
She has also previously said that she had "never been so ashamed of Israel" and called on Jews to “shout, beg, scream for a ceasefire” in Gaza.
The JC has contacted Miriam Margolyes.
