Jewish scholars want Oscar voters to shun "The Reader" and actress Kate Winslet, calling the flick "Holocaust revisionism."

Opponents of the movie say it takes an overly sympathetic view of Winslet's character - a Nazi concentration-camp guard being prosecuted for her crimes against humanity.

"Essentially, it takes a woman who serves in, is responsible for, is complicit in, you pick the words, in the deaths of at least 300 Jews - and her big secret shame is that she's illiterate," Mark Weitzman, head of New York's Simon Wiesenthal Center, told The Post.

Last week, writer and historian Ron Rosenbaum urged academy voters to think twice before sending any awards to the movie, which contains a scene in which Winslet's character helps trap 300 Jews in a burning church.

"I would be certain to call 'The Reader' 'The Worst Holocaust Film Ever Made,' " Rosenbaum wrote.

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