Holocaust Survivors Demand Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Reported Anti-Jewish Remarks.

A group of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage tell the truth and issue an apology for alleged antisemitic abuse he is said to have made toward Jewish students during his youth.

The Reform UK leader has claimed he never targeted anyone with deliberate cruelty, suggesting it may have been mere "childish teasing".

"Being Shoah survivors, we understand the deadly peril of hateful words – because we have witnessed where such words inevitably end," wrote the survivors in a open letter.

"We must be unambiguous: praising Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not teasing. Not on a schoolyard. Not under any circumstances."

A Direct Question

The letter puts forth straightforward questions to the public figure: "Is it true you said ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you target your classmates to antisemitic abuse?"

The Signatories

The group of 11 survivors features individuals with devastating personal histories from the Nazi genocide.

• Hedi Argent, who saw the murder of 27 members of her 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 imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and later transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated.

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

Mounting Testimony

This action is a response to the characterisation of related testimony by more than two dozen or more ex-schoolmates and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a senior party figure.

After the story broke, additional former pupils have come forward. Nearly thirty people connected to the school now claim they witnessed bigoted conduct by him.

One well-known allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born award-winning director, who has stated that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and repeat the phrases "Hitler was correct" and "send them to the gas chambers", on occasion including a long hiss to mimic the sound of poison gas.

Further Allegations

More individuals from diverse backgrounds have likewise shared experiences with allegations of targeted insults.

• Cyrus Oshidar said he was branded a "racial slur" and has dismissed the claim that such actions were without intent.
• Another individual with Asian roots characterised him as an "avowed bigot" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was correct" as a form of "racial bullying".

The Survivors' Final Appeal

The final appeal poses a final challenge to Farage: "Should you continue to deny saying those words, do you mean that 20 former classmates and teachers are fabricating their stories? If you did say them, now is the moment to take responsibility and apologise."

"People who hope to lead our country should never divide people by race or religion. Hatred of Jews must always be confronted. This moment is about moral responsibility. The choice is your own, Mr Farage."