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

A collective of Shoah survivors has called for that Nigel Farage tell the truth and issue an apology for alleged anti-Jewish taunts attributed to him toward Jewish schoolmates during his youth.

The political party leader has previously stated he never insulted anyone with deliberate cruelty, suggesting it may have been mere "childish teasing".

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

"Let us be clear: lauding Hitler, jeering at gas chambers, or shouting racist insults is not simple joking. Not in a playground. Not ever."

A Direct Question

The document asks blunt questions to the party leader: "Are the claims accurate that you stated ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ and mimicked gas chambers? Did you subject your classmates to anti-Jewish taunts?"

Those Who Signed

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

• Hedi Argent, who was bereaved of 27 members of her family.
• Simon Winston, who was imprisoned in a ghetto before breaking out in 1942 and living through the rest of the war concealed.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and later transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated.

Other signatories include Janine Webber, Edith Jayne, Helen Aronson, Ruth Barnett, John Fieldsend, Susan Pollack, Hanneke Dye and Agnes Kaposi.

Increasing Allegations

This intervention follows the characterisation of corroborating allegations by more than two dozen or more former pupils and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a deputy leader.

Since the initial report, further individuals from that era have come forward. Nearly thirty former pupils and teachers now claim they saw prejudiced actions 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 say the phrases "Hitler had the correct idea" and "send them to the gas chambers", on occasion including a prolonged hissing sound to simulate the sound of poison gas.

A Broader Pattern

Additional alumni from minority ethnic backgrounds have also spoken publicly with allegations of direct abuse.

• Cyrus Oshidar said he was referred to as a "racial slur" and has labelled as rubbish the idea that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another pupil of Asian descent portrayed him as an "open racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was correct" as a form of "racial intimidation".

A Concluding Demand

The final appeal asks a concluding challenge to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, is your position that 20 former classmates and teachers are lying? If the words were spoken, now is the opportunity to admit your error and make amends."

"Those who aspire to lead our country should not ever divide people by ethnicity or faith. Anti-Jewish bigotry must never be normalised. This moment is about ethical duty. The path forward is yours, Mr Farage."