The presenter of a controversial TVM show that saw the promotion of a Hitler propaganda biography has apologised following public outrage. “To those who felt offended by what was said during this interview… I apologise and I hope that we will not have episodes like this one in the future,” Ħajjitna Ktieb presenter John Demanuele told TVM. Demanuele was referring to an interview with author Ronald Bugeja who appeared on national broadcaster TVM to promote his book Mein Führer Adolf Hitler – L-Istorja u l-Bijografija. In the interview, Bugeja defended Hitler by claiming that the Axis leader had no knowledge of the “atrocities” carried out during World War 2 and that he managed to “expel all the Jews from Germany without killing a single person”. Demanuele explained that the programme’s intentions have always been to speak to authors and to get their reactions regarding their own work. “There were those that felt offended by the programme's content,” he said while clarifying that the episode also saw the pair discuss three of Bugeja’s books, one of which being the Hitler biography. Meanwhile, Culture Minister Owen Bonnici condemned Bugeja for his comments on Twitter. “Any content...
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