Shoah Victims Urge Nigel Farage to Say Sorry Over Alleged Anti-Jewish Remarks.

A group of Shoah survivors has publicly demanded that Nigel Farage be honest and express remorse for reported antisemitic comments he reportedly directed toward Jewish students during his time at school.

The Reform UK leader has previously stated he never targeted anyone with deliberate cruelty, framing it may have been mere "schoolyard talk".

"As Shoah survivors, we grasp the deadly peril of words of hatred – because we have experienced firsthand where such words ultimately lead," declared the survivors in a letter.

"It is crucial to understand: lauding Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or directing racial slurs is not banter. Not among children. Not ever."

A Pointed Inquiry

The correspondence poses direct questions to the party leader: "Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ and mimicked gas chambers? Did you subject your classmates to anti-Jewish taunts?"

The Signatories

The group of eleven survivors features individuals with harrowing personal experiences from the Holocaust.

• Hedi Argent, who was bereaved of 27 members of her immediate and extended 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 deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later moved to 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.

Increasing Allegations

This action is a response to the characterisation of corroborating allegations by more than several dozen ex-schoolmates and teachers as "made-up twaddle" by a senior party figure.

Following the publication, further individuals from that era have come forward. Nearly thirty former pupils and teachers now claim they witnessed prejudiced actions by him.

One prominent allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born award-winning director, who has stated that a young Farage would come near him and say the phrases "Hitler was right" and "send them to the gas chambers", sometimes making a hiss to imitate the sound of poison gas.

Additional Claims

Additional alumni from diverse backgrounds have additionally come forward with allegations of targeted insults.

• Cyrus Oshidar claimed he was referred to as a "racial slur" and has rejected the notion that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another pupil of Asian descent portrayed him as an "avowed bigot" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was right" as a form of "ethnic harassment".

The Ultimate Question

The final appeal puts forth an ultimate dilemma to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, is your position that dozens of individuals are fabricating their stories? If the words were spoken, now is the opportunity to admit your error and apologise."

"Individuals who hope to lead our country should under no circumstances divide people by background or belief. Antisemitic hatred must never be normalised. This moment is about personal accountability. The choice is your own, Mr Farage."