Shoah Victims Demand Nigel Farage to Say Sorry Over Claimed Anti-Jewish Remarks.

A coalition of Holocaust survivors has called for that Nigel Farage admit the facts and apologise for reported antisemitic comments attributed to him toward Jewish students during his school days.

The political party leader has said he never insulted anyone with deliberate cruelty, framing it may have been mere "playground banter".

"As Holocaust survivors, we grasp the grave risk of words of hatred – for we have witnessed where such words can lead," wrote the survivors in a open letter.

"It is crucial to understand: lauding Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or shouting racist insults is not simple joking. Not among children. Not under any circumstances."

A Direct Question

The letter poses straightforward questions to the public figure: "Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ while mimicking gas chambers? Did you subject your fellow pupils to bigoted harassment?"

Those Who Signed

The group of 11 survivors includes 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 confined to a ghetto before fleeing in 1942 and spending the rest of the war as a fugitive.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and later moved 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.

Growing Accounts

This action is a response to the rejection of related testimony by more than several dozen alumni and teachers as "complete fiction" by a deputy leader.

After the story broke, additional former pupils have come forward. 28 former pupils and teachers now assert they witnessed prejudiced actions by him.

One well-known account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who has stated that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and utter the phrases "Hitler was right" and "gas them", at times adding a long hiss to imitate the sound of the gas chambers.

Further Allegations

Additional alumni from diverse backgrounds have also spoken publicly with accounts of direct abuse.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was referred to as a "Paki" and has dismissed the idea that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another individual with Asian roots characterised him as an "avowed bigot" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "racial bullying".

The Ultimate Question

The final appeal poses a final challenge to Farage: "Should you continue to deny saying those words, is your position that dozens of individuals are not telling the truth? Should the allegations be true, now is the time to take responsibility and apologise."

"People who hope to lead our country should not ever sow discord by ethnicity or faith. Hatred of Jews must never become acceptable. This moment is about ethical duty. The choice is yours, Mr Farage."