Holocaust Survivors Demand Nigel Farage to Make Amends Over Claimed Anti-Jewish Comments.

A coalition of Holocaust survivors has called for that Nigel Farage be honest and express remorse for reported antisemitic taunts attributed to him toward Jewish students during his time at school.

The Reform UK leader has claimed he never racially abused anyone with deliberate cruelty, framing it may have been mere "schoolyard talk".

"As Shoah survivors, we comprehend the grave risk of hateful words – because we have witnessed where such words can lead," stated the survivors in a open letter.

"Let us be clear: praising Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not banter. Not in a playground. Not under any circumstances."

A Direct Question

The correspondence asks 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 bigoted harassment?"

The Survivors

The group of 11 survivors features individuals with harrowing personal stories from the Nazi genocide.

• Hedi Argent, who saw the murder of 27 members of her immediate and extended family.
• Simon Winston, who was confined to a ghetto before fleeing in 1942 and living through the rest of the war concealed.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was sent to 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.

Mounting Testimony

This intervention is a response to the dismissal of related allegations by more than several dozen ex-schoolmates and teachers as "complete fiction" by a senior party figure.

After the story broke, further individuals from that era have come forward. 28 people connected to the school now assert they observed prejudiced actions by him.

One well-known allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who has stated that a young Farage would sidle up to him and utter the phrases "Hitler was right" and "send them to the gas chambers", at times making a hiss to simulate the sound of the gas chambers.

Further Allegations

Additional alumni from minority ethnic backgrounds have additionally come forward with accounts of direct abuse.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was referred to as a "Paki" and has dismissed the claim that such actions were without intent.
• Another student of Asian heritage described him as an "blatant racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was right" as a form of "racial intimidation".

A Concluding Demand

The missive from survivors poses a final dilemma to Farage: "Should you continue to deny saying those words, are you claiming that dozens of individuals are fabricating their stories? Should the allegations be true, now is the time to admit your error and apologise."

"Individuals who seek to govern our country should not ever divide people by ethnicity or faith. Anti-Jewish bigotry must always be confronted. This moment is about personal accountability. The decision is your own, Mr Farage."