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

A coalition of Holocaust survivors has publicly demanded that Nigel Farage be honest and express remorse for alleged anti-Jewish abuse he reportedly directed toward Jewish students during his youth.

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

"As Holocaust survivors, we understand the grave risk of hateful words – because we have seen where such words can lead," declared the survivors in a open letter.

"Let us be clear: lauding Hitler, jeering at gas chambers, or directing racial slurs is not banter. Not in a playground. Not under any circumstances."

An Unequivocal Demand

The letter puts forth straightforward questions to the public figure: "Are the claims accurate that you stated ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you expose your peers to anti-Jewish taunts?"

Those Who Signed

The collective of 11 survivors features individuals with deeply traumatic personal histories from the Nazi genocide.

• Hedi Argent, who was bereaved of 27 members of her family.
• Simon Winston, who was held 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 transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated.

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 follows the characterisation of similar testimony by more than two dozen former pupils and teachers as "made-up twaddle" by a deputy leader.

After the story broke, additional former pupils have come forward. Nearly thirty people connected to the school now claim they witnessed prejudiced actions by him.

One notable account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born award-winning director, who said that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and repeat the phrases "Hitler was correct" and "send them to the gas chambers", at times adding a prolonged hissing sound to mimic the sound of poison gas.

Additional Claims

Additional alumni from minority ethnic backgrounds have additionally spoken publicly with allegations of personal harassment.

• Cyrus Oshidar claimed he was branded a "Paki" and has dismissed the claim that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another individual with Asian roots described him as an "open racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was right" as a form of "ethnic harassment".

The Ultimate Question

The final appeal poses a final question to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, are you claiming that 20 former classmates and teachers are fabricating their stories? Should the allegations be true, now is the moment to acknowledge you were wrong and apologise."

"Those who seek to govern our country should under no circumstances sow discord by race or religion. Antisemitic hatred must never be normalised. This moment is about ethical duty. The decision is your own, Mr Farage."