Holocaust Survivors Demand Nigel Farage to Make Amends Over Alleged Anti-Jewish Comments.

A group of Shoah survivors has publicly demanded that Nigel Farage tell the truth and issue an apology for alleged anti-Jewish comments attributed to him toward Jewish students during his time at school.

The political party leader has previously stated he never insulted anyone with malicious intent, suggesting it may have been mere "playground banter".

"As Holocaust survivors, we grasp the deadly peril of words of hatred – because we have experienced firsthand where such words ultimately lead," declared 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 among children. Not ever."

A Pointed Inquiry

The document poses straightforward questions to the political figure: "Is it true you said ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you target your peers to antisemitic abuse?"

The Signatories

The collective of 11 survivors features individuals with deeply traumatic personal stories from the Nazi genocide.

• Hedi Argent, who lost 27 members of her immediate and extended family.
• Simon Winston, who was held in a ghetto before fleeing 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 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 action is a response to the rejection of similar testimony by more than two dozen alumni and teachers as "made-up twaddle" by a deputy leader.

Following the publication, further individuals from that era have come forward. Nearly thirty people connected to the school now assert they saw racist or antisemitic behaviour by him.

One prominent allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who has stated that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and repeat the phrases "Hitler was right" and "send them to the gas chambers", sometimes adding a prolonged hissing sound to mimic the sound of the gas chambers.

Additional Claims

More individuals from ethnic minorities have additionally come forward with accounts of personal harassment.

• Cyrus Oshidar claimed he was referred to as a "racial slur" and has labelled as rubbish the claim that such actions were devoid of malice.
• Another student of Asian heritage portrayed him as an "avowed bigot" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "racial intimidation".

A Concluding Demand

The final appeal poses a final challenge to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, are you claiming that scores of witnesses are fabricating their stories? If you did say them, now is the moment to admit your error and make amends."

"Those who seek to govern our country should not ever divide people by background or belief. Anti-Jewish bigotry must never become acceptable. This moment is about personal accountability. The choice is yours, Mr Farage."