Shoah Victims Call On Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Reported Antisemitic Remarks.

A group of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage tell the truth and issue an apology for reported antisemitic taunts attributed to him toward Jewish pupils during his time at school.

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

"As Shoah survivors, we understand the deadly peril of bigoted language – for we have seen where such words ultimately lead," declared the survivors in a missive.

"Let us be clear: expressing admiration for Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or directing racial slurs is not teasing. Not on a schoolyard. Not ever."

An Unequivocal Demand

The document poses straightforward questions to the political figure: "Is it true you said ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you expose your peers to antisemitic abuse?"

The Survivors

The collective of 11 survivors contains individuals with deeply traumatic 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 spending the rest of the war concealed.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she was rescued.

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

Mounting Testimony

This public letter is a response to the characterisation of similar accounts by more than two dozen alumni and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a deputy leader.

After the story broke, more contemporaries have come forward. Twenty-eight ex-students and educators now assert they observed bigoted conduct by him.

One prominent allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who recalls that a teenage Farage would approach him and utter the phrases "Hitler was correct" and "send them to the gas chambers", on occasion including a prolonged hissing sound to mimic the sound of poison gas.

Additional Claims

Additional alumni from diverse backgrounds have additionally spoken publicly with stories of targeted insults.

• Cyrus Oshidar said he was called a "racial slur" and has labelled as rubbish the notion that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another individual with Asian roots portrayed him as an "open racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "racial bullying".

The Survivors' Final Appeal

The missive from survivors poses a final dilemma 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 take responsibility and say sorry."

"Those who aspire to lead our country should never sow discord by race or religion. Hatred of Jews must never be normalised. This moment is about ethical duty. The decision is your own, Mr Farage."