Shoah Victims Demand Nigel Farage to Say Sorry Over Reported Antisemitic Comments.

A coalition of Holocaust survivors has called for that Nigel Farage admit the facts and express remorse for reported anti-Jewish comments he reportedly directed toward Jewish schoolmates during his time at school.

The political party leader has claimed he never targeted anyone with the aim to hurt, framing it may have been mere "schoolyard talk".

"As Shoah survivors, we grasp the deadly peril of hateful words – for we have experienced firsthand where such words can lead," stated the survivors in a letter.

"Let us be clear: lauding Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or shouting racist insults is not banter. Not on a schoolyard. Not ever."

A Direct Question

The letter puts forth blunt questions to the public figure: "Are the claims accurate that you stated ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ while mimicking gas chambers? Did you expose your peers to bigoted harassment?"

The Survivors

The group of eleven survivors features individuals with devastating 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 held in a ghetto before fleeing in 1942 and spending the rest of the war in hiding.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she was freed.

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

Increasing Allegations

This action follows the dismissal of corroborating accounts by more than two dozen or more alumni and teachers as "complete fiction" by a deputy leader.

After the story broke, additional former pupils have shared their stories. Twenty-eight former pupils and teachers now claim they witnessed prejudiced actions by him.

One well-known account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish award-winning director, who said that a teenage Farage would come near him and repeat the phrases "Hitler was right" and "send them to the gas chambers", at times adding a prolonged hissing sound to imitate the sound of the gas chambers.

Additional Claims

More individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds have additionally come forward with accounts of personal harassment.

• Cyrus Oshidar claimed he was referred to as a "racial slur" and has labelled as rubbish the idea that such actions were devoid of malice.
• Another student of Asian heritage described him as an "avowed bigot" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was correct" as a form of "racial intimidation".

The Ultimate Question

The survivors' letter poses a final challenge to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, do you mean that dozens of individuals are not telling the truth? Should the allegations be true, now is the time to admit your error and say sorry."

"Individuals who hope to lead our country should under no circumstances sow discord by background or belief. Anti-Jewish bigotry must never become acceptable. This moment is about moral responsibility. The choice is yours, Mr Farage."