Shoah Survivors Call On Nigel Farage to Make Amends Over Reported Anti-Jewish Comments.

A group of Holocaust survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage admit the facts and apologise for alleged anti-Jewish abuse attributed to him toward Jewish schoolmates during his time at school.

The political party leader has claimed he never targeted anyone with deliberate cruelty, proposing it may have been mere "childish teasing".

"Being Shoah survivors, we grasp the deadly peril of hateful words – because we have witnessed where such words ultimately lead," stated the survivors in a open letter.

"It is crucial to understand: lauding Hitler, jeering at gas chambers, or shouting racist insults is not banter. Not on a schoolyard. Not ever."

A Pointed Inquiry

The letter puts forth direct questions to the political figure: "Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ and mimicked gas chambers? Did you target your peers to antisemitic abuse?"

The Survivors

The collective of eleven survivors contains individuals with devastating personal histories from the Nazi genocide.

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

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 related allegations by more than several dozen ex-schoolmates and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a deputy leader.

Since the initial report, further individuals from that era have come forward. 28 ex-students and educators now assert they witnessed prejudiced actions by him.

One notable account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born award-winning director, who said that a teenage Farage would approach him and repeat the phrases "Hitler had the correct idea" and "gas them", on occasion adding a prolonged hissing sound to mimic the sound of gas chambers.

Additional Claims

More individuals from ethnic minorities have also spoken publicly with stories of targeted insults.

• Cyrus Oshidar said he was called a "Paki" and has rejected the claim that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another student of Asian heritage portrayed him as an "open racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "racial intimidation".

The Survivors' Final Appeal

The survivors' letter puts forth an ultimate question to Farage: "Should you continue to deny saying those words, is your position that dozens of individuals are not telling the truth? If the words were spoken, now is the opportunity to acknowledge you were wrong and make amends."

"Individuals who aspire to lead our country should not ever divide people by race or religion. Anti-Jewish bigotry must never be normalised. This moment is about personal accountability. The path forward is your own, Mr Farage."