Shoah Victims Demand Nigel Farage to Say Sorry Over Reported Anti-Jewish Comments.

A group of Shoah survivors has called for that Nigel Farage admit the facts and issue an apology for reported anti-Jewish taunts he is said to have made toward Jewish pupils during his school days.

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

"As Shoah survivors, we comprehend the profound danger of bigoted language – for we have seen where such words can lead," wrote the survivors in a open letter.

"It is crucial to understand: praising Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not simple joking. Not among children. Not under any circumstances."

An Unequivocal Demand

The document asks straightforward questions to the public figure: "Are the claims accurate that you stated ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ while mimicking gas chambers? Did you subject your peers to bigoted harassment?"

The Signatories

The collective of 11 survivors includes individuals with deeply traumatic personal histories from the Holocaust.

• Hedi Argent, who was bereaved of 27 members of her immediate and extended family.
• Simon Winston, who was held in a ghetto before escaping in 1942 and living through the rest of the war in hiding.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later transferred to 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.

Increasing Allegations

This intervention follows the dismissal of corroborating accounts by more than two dozen former pupils and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a senior party figure.

Since the initial report, additional former pupils have come forward. Twenty-eight people connected to the school now claim they observed bigoted conduct by him.

One notable allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who has stated that a teenage Farage would come near him and repeat the phrases "Hitler was right" and "gas them", sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of gas chambers.

Additional Claims

Other former pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds have also come forward with allegations of personal harassment.

• Cyrus Oshidar claimed he was branded a "racial slur" and has rejected the claim that such actions were without intent.
• Another pupil of Asian descent characterised him as an "avowed bigot" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was right" as a form of "ethnic harassment".

A Concluding Demand

The missive from survivors puts forth an ultimate question to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, do you mean that scores of witnesses are not telling the truth? If the words were spoken, now is the time to take responsibility and make amends."

"People who hope to lead our country should under no circumstances sow discord by ethnicity or faith. Anti-Jewish bigotry must never become acceptable. This moment is about personal accountability. The path forward is your own, Mr Farage."