Shoah Victims Call On Nigel Farage to Make Amends Over Reported Antisemitic Remarks.

A group of Shoah survivors has publicly demanded that Nigel Farage tell the truth and issue an apology for alleged antisemitic comments he reportedly directed toward Jewish schoolmates during his school days.

The political party leader has claimed he never targeted anyone with malicious intent, proposing it may have been mere "playground banter".

"As Holocaust survivors, we understand the profound danger of hateful words – for we have witnessed where such words inevitably end," stated the survivors in a letter.

"We must be unambiguous: expressing admiration for Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or shouting racist insults is not simple joking. Not on a schoolyard. Not anywhere."

A Pointed Inquiry

The document puts forth direct questions to the party leader: "Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you expose your peers to antisemitic abuse?"

Those Who Signed

The collective of 11 survivors features 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 confined to a ghetto before breaking out in 1942 and living through the rest of the war concealed.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later transferred 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 intervention follows the dismissal of similar testimony by more than several dozen former pupils and teachers as "made-up twaddle" by a senior party figure.

Following the publication, more contemporaries have spoken out. Twenty-eight people connected to the school now assert they saw racist or antisemitic behaviour by him.

One prominent testimony comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who has stated that a young Farage would approach him and say the phrases "Hitler was right" and "send them to the gas chambers", sometimes including a prolonged hissing sound to imitate the sound of poison gas.

Further Allegations

Other former pupils from ethnic minorities have likewise spoken publicly with accounts of direct abuse.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was called a "Paki" and has dismissed the idea that such actions were without intent.
• Another individual with Asian roots portrayed him as an "blatant racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was correct" as a form of "racial intimidation".

The Survivors' Final Appeal

The missive from survivors puts forth an ultimate question to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, do you mean that dozens of individuals are not telling the truth? If you did say them, now is the moment to take responsibility and apologise."

"Individuals who hope to lead our country should under no circumstances create division by background or belief. Hatred of Jews must never be normalised. This moment is about personal accountability. The path forward is your own, Mr Farage."