Holocaust Victims Demand Nigel Farage to Make Amends Over Claimed Antisemitic Remarks.

A group of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage tell the truth and express remorse for alleged anti-Jewish taunts he reportedly directed toward Jewish pupils during his youth.

The Reform UK leader has claimed he never racially abused anyone with malicious intent, framing it may have been mere "childish teasing".

"As Shoah survivors, we comprehend the grave risk of words of hatred – for we have seen where such words can lead," declared the survivors in a letter.

"Let us be clear: praising Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not teasing. Not on a schoolyard. Not under any circumstances."

A Direct Question

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

Those Who Signed

The collective of 11 survivors includes individuals with devastating personal experiences from the Holocaust.

• Hedi Argent, who lost 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 deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later incarcerated at Bergen-Belsen, where she was rescued.

Additional names on the letter include Janine Webber, Edith Jayne, Helen Aronson, Ruth Barnett, John Fieldsend, Susan Pollack, Hanneke Dye and Agnes Kaposi.

Mounting Testimony

This action comes after the dismissal of corroborating testimony by more than several dozen ex-schoolmates and teachers as "complete fiction" by a senior party figure.

Following the publication, more contemporaries have come forward. Twenty-eight ex-students and educators now assert they saw prejudiced actions by him.

One notable account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who has stated that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and repeat the phrases "Hitler had the correct idea" and "send them to the gas chambers", sometimes making a prolonged hissing sound to mimic the sound of poison gas.

Additional Claims

Other former pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds have likewise come forward with stories of personal harassment.

• Cyrus Oshidar claimed he was branded a "Paki" and has rejected the notion that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another pupil of Asian descent portrayed him as an "open racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was right" as a form of "racial bullying".

The Ultimate Question

The final appeal asks a concluding challenge to Farage: "Should you continue to deny saying those words, are you claiming that 20 former classmates and teachers are lying? If you did say them, now is the opportunity to acknowledge you were wrong and say sorry."

"Those who aspire to lead our country should never divide people by race or religion. Anti-Jewish bigotry must never become acceptable. This moment is about ethical duty. The decision is your own, Mr Farage."