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

A collective of Shoah survivors has called for that Nigel Farage be honest and apologise for reported anti-Jewish comments he reportedly directed toward Jewish students during his youth.

The political party leader has claimed he never insulted anyone with deliberate cruelty, proposing it may have been mere "schoolyard talk".

"As Holocaust survivors, we understand the profound danger of hateful words – for we have experienced firsthand where such words can lead," declared the survivors in a missive.

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

A Pointed Inquiry

The document puts forth blunt questions to the political figure: "Are the claims accurate that you stated ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ while mimicking gas chambers? Did you subject your fellow pupils to bigoted harassment?"

The Survivors

The group of 11 survivors contains individuals with devastating personal experiences from the Holocaust.

• Hedi Argent, who saw the murder of 27 members of her family.
• Simon Winston, who was imprisoned in a ghetto before breaking out in 1942 and spending the rest of the war as a fugitive.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and later incarcerated at 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 intervention is a response to the dismissal of corroborating accounts by more than several dozen former pupils and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a high-ranking official.

Following the publication, further individuals from that era have shared their stories. Twenty-eight ex-students and educators now claim they witnessed prejudiced actions by him.

One notable testimony comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish award-winning director, who said that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and repeat the phrases "Hitler had the correct idea" and "gas them", at times making a hiss to simulate the sound of the gas chambers.

A Broader Pattern

Other former pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds have additionally shared experiences with accounts of targeted insults.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was called a "Paki" and has dismissed the idea that such actions were devoid of malice.
• Another individual with Asian roots described him as an "avowed bigot" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "racial intimidation".

A Concluding Demand

The missive from survivors puts forth an ultimate dilemma to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, are you claiming that scores of witnesses are fabricating their stories? Should the allegations be true, now is the moment to take responsibility and apologise."

"Those who aspire to lead our country should never create division by background or belief. Anti-Jewish bigotry must never become acceptable. This moment is about moral responsibility. The choice is yours, Mr Farage."