Holocaust Survivors Call On Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Alleged Antisemitic Comments.

A collective of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage be honest and express remorse for reported antisemitic comments he reportedly directed toward Jewish schoolmates during his school days.

The political party leader has previously stated he never racially abused anyone with malicious intent, proposing it may have been mere "childish teasing".

"Being Shoah survivors, we understand the grave risk of hateful words – because we have experienced firsthand where such words inevitably end," declared the survivors in a missive.

"It is crucial to understand: praising Hitler, jeering at gas chambers, or shouting racist insults is not teasing. Not in a playground. Not under any circumstances."

A Pointed Inquiry

The letter asks blunt questions to the political figure: "Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you subject your classmates to antisemitic abuse?"

Those Who Signed

The collective of 11 survivors includes individuals with harrowing personal histories 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 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.

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 follows the rejection of related allegations by more than two dozen ex-schoolmates and teachers as "complete fiction" by a deputy leader.

Since the initial report, further individuals from that era have come forward. Twenty-eight people connected to the school now assert they observed prejudiced actions by him.

One well-known account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish award-winning director, who has stated that a teenage Farage would approach him and repeat the phrases "Hitler was correct" and "send them to the gas chambers", on occasion adding a prolonged hissing sound to mimic the sound of poison gas.

Further Allegations

Additional alumni from minority ethnic backgrounds have also come forward with allegations of personal harassment.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was called a "racial slur" and has labelled as rubbish the claim that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another pupil of Asian descent characterised him as an "avowed bigot" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "ethnic harassment".

The Ultimate Question

The survivors' letter puts forth an ultimate challenge to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, are you claiming that 20 former classmates and teachers are lying? If the words were spoken, now is the time to admit your error and apologise."

"Those who hope to lead our country should never divide people by ethnicity or faith. Antisemitic hatred must never become acceptable. This moment is about personal accountability. The decision is yours, Mr Farage."