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

A collective of Holocaust survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage admit the facts and apologise for reported anti-Jewish comments he reportedly directed toward Jewish pupils during his time at school.

The political party leader has claimed he never racially abused anyone with deliberate cruelty, proposing it may have been mere "schoolyard talk".

"As Shoah survivors, we comprehend the grave risk of words of hatred – for we have witnessed where such words ultimately lead," declared the survivors in a missive.

"Let us be clear: expressing admiration for Hitler, jeering at gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not banter. Not in a playground. Not ever."

A Pointed Inquiry

The correspondence asks direct questions to the public figure: "Are the claims accurate that you stated ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you target your peers to bigoted harassment?"

Those Who Signed

The group of eleven survivors features individuals with devastating personal experiences from the Nazi genocide.

• Hedi Argent, who saw the murder of 27 members of her immediate and extended family.
• Simon Winston, who was held in a ghetto before fleeing in 1942 and living through the rest of the war in hiding.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and later moved to Bergen-Belsen, where she was rescued.

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

Growing Accounts

This intervention comes after the characterisation of corroborating allegations by more than several dozen ex-schoolmates and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a senior party figure.

Following the publication, additional former pupils have come forward. 28 people connected to the school now assert they saw prejudiced actions by him.

One prominent account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish award-winning director, who recalls that a young Farage would approach him and repeat the phrases "Hitler had the correct idea" and "send them to the gas chambers", sometimes including a prolonged hissing sound to simulate the sound of poison gas.

A Broader Pattern

Additional alumni from diverse backgrounds have likewise shared experiences with stories of direct abuse.

• Cyrus Oshidar said he was branded a "Paki" and has labelled as rubbish the claim that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another pupil of Asian descent characterised him as an "blatant racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "racial bullying".

The Survivors' Final Appeal

The survivors' letter poses a final dilemma to Farage: "Should you continue to deny saying those words, do you mean that dozens of individuals are lying? Should the allegations be true, now is the opportunity to admit your error and apologise."

"People who aspire to lead our country should not ever divide people by race or religion. Antisemitic hatred must never become acceptable. This moment is about personal accountability. The path forward is yours, Mr Farage."