Shoah Victims Demand Nigel Farage to Say Sorry Over Claimed Antisemitic Statements.

A collective of Holocaust survivors has publicly demanded that Nigel Farage be honest and express remorse for reported anti-Jewish abuse attributed to him toward Jewish schoolmates during his time at school.

The political party leader has previously stated he never insulted anyone with deliberate cruelty, suggesting it may have been mere "childish teasing".

"Being Shoah survivors, we understand the deadly peril of words of hatred – for we have witnessed where such words ultimately lead," declared the survivors in a missive.

"We must be unambiguous: expressing admiration for Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or directing racial slurs is not banter. Not on a schoolyard. Not anywhere."

An Unequivocal Demand

The document poses blunt questions to the political figure: "Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ while mimicking gas chambers? Did you subject your fellow pupils to antisemitic abuse?"

The Signatories

The collective of eleven survivors contains individuals with devastating personal histories from the Holocaust.

• Hedi Argent, who was bereaved of 27 members of her family.
• Simon Winston, who was held in a ghetto before breaking out in 1942 and spending the rest of the war concealed.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and later transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated.

The remaining survivors include Janine Webber, Edith Jayne, Helen Aronson, Ruth Barnett, John Fieldsend, Susan Pollack, Hanneke Dye and Agnes Kaposi.

Mounting Testimony

This public letter comes after the dismissal of similar allegations by more than two dozen or more former pupils and teachers as "complete fiction" by a senior party figure.

Since the initial report, further individuals from that era have shared their stories. Nearly thirty ex-students and educators now claim they witnessed bigoted conduct by him.

One prominent account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born award-winning director, who recalls that a young Farage would sidle up to him and utter the phrases "Hitler was right" and "send them to the gas chambers", at times adding a long hiss to imitate the sound of the gas chambers.

A Broader Pattern

More individuals from ethnic minorities have likewise shared experiences with allegations of direct abuse.

• Cyrus Oshidar said he was branded a "Paki" and has dismissed the claim that such actions were devoid of malice.
• Another individual with Asian roots characterised him as an "blatant racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "racial bullying".

The Ultimate Question

The final appeal asks a concluding dilemma to Farage: "Should you continue to deny saying those words, is your position that 20 former classmates and teachers are not telling the truth? Should the allegations be true, now is the time to take responsibility and apologise."

"People who aspire to lead our country should not ever divide people by race or religion. Hatred of Jews must never be normalised. This moment is about personal accountability. The decision is yours, Mr Farage."