Holocaust Victims Call On Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Claimed Antisemitic Remarks.

A collective of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage tell the truth and issue an apology for reported antisemitic abuse he reportedly directed toward Jewish students during his youth.

The political party leader has previously stated he never insulted anyone with deliberate cruelty, proposing it may have been mere "playground banter".

"As Shoah survivors, we grasp the grave risk of words of hatred – because we have seen where such words inevitably end," wrote the survivors in a open letter.

"It is crucial to understand: lauding Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or shouting racist insults is not simple joking. Not on a schoolyard. Not ever."

A Direct Question

The document asks direct questions to the political figure: "Is it true you said ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ while mimicking gas chambers? Did you expose your peers to anti-Jewish taunts?"

The Survivors

The group of 11 survivors features individuals with devastating personal experiences from the Holocaust.

• Hedi Argent, who lost 27 members of her immediate and extended family.
• Simon Winston, who was confined to a ghetto before breaking out in 1942 and living through the rest of the war as a fugitive.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later moved to Bergen-Belsen, where she was freed.

Additional names on the letter include Janine Webber, Edith Jayne, Helen Aronson, Ruth Barnett, John Fieldsend, Susan Pollack, Hanneke Dye and Agnes Kaposi.

Increasing Allegations

This action is a response to the rejection of similar testimony by more than two dozen or more alumni and teachers as "complete fiction" by a deputy leader.

After the story broke, further individuals from that era have spoken out. Nearly thirty ex-students and educators now assert they observed racist or antisemitic behaviour by him.

One notable allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish award-winning director, who recalls that a young Farage would sidle up to him and say the phrases "Hitler was correct" and "gas them", sometimes including a long hiss to imitate the sound of poison gas.

Additional Claims

Additional alumni from minority ethnic backgrounds have also spoken publicly with allegations of direct abuse.

• Cyrus Oshidar claimed he was branded a "racial slur" and has labelled as rubbish the idea that such actions were devoid of malice.
• Another pupil of Asian descent described him as an "open racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was right" as a form of "ethnic harassment".

A Concluding Demand

The missive from survivors poses a final question to Farage: "By denying saying those words, do you mean that scores of witnesses are lying? If you did say them, now is the time to take responsibility and make amends."

"Those who aspire to lead our country should never create division by background or belief. Hatred of Jews must never become acceptable. This moment is about personal accountability. The choice is yours, Mr Farage."