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

A collective of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage be honest and express remorse for alleged anti-Jewish taunts attributed to him toward Jewish schoolmates during his school days.

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

"As Holocaust survivors, we comprehend the grave risk of words of hatred – because we have experienced firsthand where such words inevitably end," wrote the survivors in a missive.

"We must be unambiguous: lauding Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not banter. Not in a playground. Not under any circumstances."

A Pointed Inquiry

The letter poses blunt questions to the party leader: "Are the claims accurate that you stated ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ and mimicked gas chambers? Did you target your fellow pupils to bigoted harassment?"

The Survivors

The group of eleven survivors contains individuals with devastating personal experiences from the Nazi genocide.

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

Growing Accounts

This public letter comes after the dismissal of similar allegations by more than two dozen former pupils and teachers as "complete fiction" by a high-ranking official.

After the story broke, further individuals from that era have come forward. Twenty-eight people connected to the school now claim they witnessed bigoted conduct by him.

One notable allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who recalls 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 making a prolonged hissing sound to simulate the sound of gas chambers.

Further Allegations

Additional alumni from minority ethnic backgrounds have additionally shared experiences with accounts of targeted insults.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was called a "Paki" and has rejected the idea that such actions were devoid of malice.
• 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".

The Survivors' Final Appeal

The final appeal puts forth an ultimate challenge 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 moment to admit your error and make amends."

"People who seek to govern our country should never sow discord by ethnicity or faith. Anti-Jewish bigotry must never be normalised. This moment is about ethical duty. The decision is yours, Mr Farage."