Nor is there any mention of the Wannsee Conference which took place the following year where senior Nazi officials planned the logistics of the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” – as well as a number of other key events.
High-ranking Nazi officials responsible for the Holocaust were ommitted from the learning resource, including Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, Hermann Göring and Joseph Goebbels.
A BBC spokesman claimed the timeline of Hitler’s life was not a biography – despite the 2,400 document appearing to cover events from the failed artist’s childhood, adolescence and military career up until his death.
They added: “It is a single page, which includes reference to the horror of the Holocaust, and is designed for teachers to be used alongside extensive materials covering the Second World War, Hitler’s rise to power and a range of resources on the Holocaust.”
