Holocaust Survivors Urge Nigel Farage to Make Amends Over Claimed Anti-Jewish Statements.

A group of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage admit the facts and issue an apology for alleged anti-Jewish comments attributed to him toward Jewish schoolmates during his youth.

The political party leader has claimed he never targeted anyone with malicious intent, framing it may have been mere "playground banter".

"Being Shoah survivors, we grasp the profound danger of bigoted language – because we have experienced firsthand where such words can lead," wrote the survivors in a missive.

"It is crucial to understand: expressing admiration for Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not banter. Not in a playground. Not under any circumstances."

A Direct Question

The correspondence poses direct questions to the party leader: "Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you target your fellow pupils to bigoted harassment?"

The Signatories

The group of eleven survivors features individuals with devastating personal stories 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 escaping in 1942 and spending the rest of the war in hiding.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and later transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she was freed.

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

Increasing Allegations

This public letter follows the dismissal of related allegations by more than several dozen alumni and teachers as "complete fiction" by a deputy leader.

Since the initial report, further individuals from that era have spoken out. 28 ex-students and educators now state they observed prejudiced actions by him.

One notable account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born award-winning director, who recalls that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and say the phrases "Hitler had the correct idea" and "gas them", at times adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas chambers.

Further Allegations

Additional alumni from diverse backgrounds have likewise come forward with stories of personal harassment.

• Cyrus Oshidar said he was referred to as a "Paki" and has dismissed the notion that such actions were devoid of malice.
• Another individual with Asian roots characterised him as an "avowed bigot" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "racial bullying".

The Ultimate Question

The final appeal poses a final challenge to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, is your position that 20 former classmates and teachers are fabricating their stories? If the words were spoken, now is the moment to acknowledge you were wrong and apologise."

"Individuals who aspire to lead our country should under no circumstances sow discord by background or belief. Antisemitic hatred must never become acceptable. This moment is about moral responsibility. The path forward is yours, Mr Farage."