Shoah Victims Demand Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Alleged Anti-Jewish Comments.

A coalition of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage tell the truth and apologise for reported anti-Jewish comments he reportedly directed toward Jewish schoolmates during his time at school.

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

"As Holocaust survivors, we grasp the deadly peril of bigoted language – for we have witnessed where such words inevitably end," declared the survivors in a letter.

"We must be unambiguous: expressing admiration for Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or shouting racist insults is not banter. Not in a playground. Not ever."

A Direct Question

The document asks straightforward questions to the party leader: "Is it true you said ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ while mimicking gas chambers? Did you subject your classmates to bigoted harassment?"

The Signatories

The group of eleven survivors features individuals with devastating personal stories from the Holocaust.

• Hedi Argent, who saw the murder of 27 members of her family.
• Simon Winston, who was confined to a ghetto before fleeing in 1942 and spending the rest of the war concealed.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and later incarcerated at Bergen-Belsen, where she was rescued.

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 dismissal of related accounts by more than several dozen ex-schoolmates and teachers as "made-up twaddle" by a deputy leader.

After the story broke, further individuals from that era have spoken out. Nearly thirty people connected to the school now assert they witnessed racist or antisemitic behaviour by him.

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

Additional Claims

Additional alumni from ethnic minorities have additionally shared experiences with stories of targeted insults.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was referred to as a "Paki" and has dismissed the claim that such actions were without intent.
• Another individual with Asian roots characterised him as an "open racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "racial intimidation".

A Concluding Demand

The final appeal puts forth an ultimate dilemma to Farage: "By denying saying those words, is your position that dozens of individuals are fabricating their stories? If you did say them, now is the opportunity to take responsibility and apologise."

"Individuals who hope to lead our country should not ever sow discord by ethnicity or faith. Antisemitic hatred must always be confronted. This moment is about ethical duty. The path forward is your own, Mr Farage."