Shoah Victims Demand Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Reported Anti-Jewish Statements.

A collective of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage tell the truth and express remorse for alleged anti-Jewish comments he reportedly directed toward Jewish students during his time at school.

The Reform UK leader has claimed he never insulted anyone with malicious intent, framing it may have been mere "childish teasing".

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

"We must be unambiguous: praising Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or shouting racist insults is not simple joking. Not on a schoolyard. Not anywhere."

An Unequivocal Demand

The letter puts forth blunt questions to the political figure: "Are the claims accurate that you stated ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ while mimicking gas chambers? Did you expose your fellow pupils to anti-Jewish taunts?"

The Survivors

The group of 11 survivors contains individuals with devastating personal stories from the Holocaust.

• Hedi Argent, who was bereaved of 27 members of her immediate and extended family.
• Simon Winston, who was imprisoned in a ghetto before escaping in 1942 and living through the rest of the war concealed.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later incarcerated at 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 public letter is a response to the rejection of related allegations by more than several dozen ex-schoolmates and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a high-ranking official.

After the story broke, more contemporaries have come forward. Nearly thirty ex-students and educators now assert they saw racist or antisemitic behaviour by him.

One prominent allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish award-winning director, who said that a young Farage would sidle up to him and repeat the phrases "Hitler was correct" and "gas them", on occasion adding a hiss to mimic the sound of poison gas.

Further Allegations

Additional alumni from ethnic minorities have additionally shared experiences with stories of targeted insults.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was called a "racial slur" and has dismissed the claim that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another individual with Asian roots characterised him as an "blatant racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "racial intimidation".

The Ultimate Question

The survivors' letter puts forth an ultimate challenge to Farage: "Should you continue to deny saying those words, do you mean that scores of witnesses are not telling the truth? If you did say them, now is the moment to take responsibility and apologise."

"People who seek to govern our country should under no circumstances sow discord by ethnicity or faith. Anti-Jewish bigotry must always be confronted. This moment is about ethical duty. The decision is your own, Mr Farage."