Anthony Wallersteiner drew a parallel between treatment of private schools and Nazi Germany (Image: PA Archive/Wire images)
In an interview with The Times, Anthony Wallersteiner, the head of Stowe School, said: "Some of the criticisms echo the conspiratorial language of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. "It was relatively easy for Hitler and his henchmen to suggest that the Jewish minority was over-represented in key professions: medicine, law, teaching and the creative industries. "Privately-educated pupils in the UK are also being accused of dominating the top jobs and stifling social mobility.
Insulting and outrageous
Dame Margaret Hodge
“It is all too facile to stereotype groups and ignore the fact that lawyers, doctors, writers and politicians are individuals."
Mr Wallersteiner also claimed a decline in the number of non-state school Oxbridge admissions had left some parents making claims about "social engineering".
He added: “The rise of populists and polemicists has created a micro-industry in bashing private schools.”
MP Dame Margaret Hodge, who was at the forefront of highlighting allegations of anti-Semitism within the Labour party, branded his comments as "insulting and outrageous".
Dame Margaret Hodge was among those angered by the comparison (Image: GETTY)
Tottenham MP David Lammy poured scorn on Mr Wallersteiner on Twitter (Image: Twitter)
She said: "It's insulting to all the young people who have secured places at Oxford and Cambridge on the basis of
