Shoah Survivors Call On Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Alleged Anti-Jewish Remarks.

A coalition of Holocaust survivors has publicly demanded that Nigel Farage admit the facts and express remorse for reported anti-Jewish taunts he is said to have made toward Jewish students during his time at school.

The political party leader has claimed he never targeted anyone with the aim to hurt, proposing it may have been mere "schoolyard talk".

"As Holocaust survivors, we comprehend the deadly peril of words of hatred – because we have seen where such words ultimately lead," stated the survivors in a open letter.

"We must be unambiguous: praising Hitler, jeering at gas chambers, or directing racial slurs is not banter. Not in a playground. Not ever."

A Direct Question

The letter poses straightforward questions to the public figure: "Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you subject your fellow pupils to antisemitic abuse?"

The Survivors

The collective of eleven survivors contains individuals with deeply traumatic personal stories from the Nazi genocide.

• Hedi Argent, who saw the murder of 27 members of her family.
• Simon Winston, who was imprisoned in a ghetto before escaping in 1942 and spending the rest of the war concealed.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and later moved 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.

Increasing Allegations

This public letter is a response to the dismissal of similar accounts by more than two dozen alumni and teachers as "made-up twaddle" by a high-ranking official.

After the story broke, further individuals from that era have come forward. Nearly thirty people connected to the school now state they witnessed prejudiced actions by him.

One well-known allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born award-winning director, who recalls that a young Farage would come near him and say the phrases "Hitler was correct" and "send them to the gas chambers", at times including a long hiss to simulate the sound of gas chambers.

Further Allegations

Other former pupils from diverse backgrounds have likewise shared experiences with stories of direct abuse.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was branded a "Paki" and has labelled as rubbish the idea that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another individual with Asian roots described him as an "blatant racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "racial intimidation".

The Survivors' Final Appeal

The final appeal poses a final dilemma to Farage: "By denying saying those words, are you claiming that scores of witnesses are not telling the truth? If you did say them, now is the time to take responsibility and say sorry."

"Individuals who aspire to lead our country should not ever divide people by ethnicity or faith. Hatred of Jews must never become acceptable. This moment is about moral responsibility. The decision is yours, Mr Farage."