Holocaust Victims Demand Nigel Farage to Say Sorry Over Claimed Antisemitic Remarks.

A coalition of Holocaust survivors has publicly demanded that Nigel Farage tell the truth and apologise for alleged anti-Jewish abuse attributed to him toward Jewish schoolmates during his time at school.

The Reform UK leader has previously stated he never racially abused anyone with the aim to hurt, suggesting it may have been mere "schoolyard talk".

"Being Shoah survivors, we understand the profound danger of words of hatred – because we have experienced firsthand where such words ultimately lead," wrote the survivors in a missive.

"We must be unambiguous: lauding Hitler, jeering at gas chambers, or directing racial slurs is not banter. Not in a playground. Not ever."

An Unequivocal Demand

The document puts forth 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 target your classmates to antisemitic abuse?"

Those Who Signed

The collective of 11 survivors contains individuals with deeply traumatic personal stories from the Holocaust.

• Hedi Argent, who lost 27 members of her family.
• Simon Winston, who was held in a ghetto before fleeing in 1942 and spending the rest of the war as a fugitive.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later incarcerated at Bergen-Belsen, where she was freed.

Other signatories include Janine Webber, Edith Jayne, Helen Aronson, Ruth Barnett, John Fieldsend, Susan Pollack, Hanneke Dye and Agnes Kaposi.

Growing Accounts

This intervention comes after the dismissal of corroborating accounts by more than several dozen former pupils and teachers as "made-up twaddle" by a senior party figure.

Since the initial report, further individuals from that era have shared their stories. Nearly thirty former pupils and teachers now claim they saw bigoted conduct by him.

One prominent account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born award-winning director, who has stated that a young Farage would come near him and repeat the phrases "Hitler had the correct idea" and "send them to the gas chambers", on occasion including a long hiss to mimic the sound of poison gas.

Additional Claims

Additional alumni from diverse backgrounds have additionally shared experiences with allegations of direct abuse.

• Cyrus Oshidar said he was referred to as a "racial slur" and has rejected the claim 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 correct" as a form of "racial intimidation".

The Survivors' Final Appeal

The missive from survivors puts forth an ultimate question to Farage: "By denying saying those words, is your position that dozens of individuals are not telling the truth? Should the allegations be true, now is the moment to acknowledge you were wrong and make amends."

"Those who aspire to lead our country should never create division by ethnicity or faith. Antisemitic hatred must never be normalised. This moment is about personal accountability. The path forward is yours, Mr Farage."