Shoah Victims Demand Nigel Farage to Say Sorry Over Reported Anti-Jewish Comments.

A collective of Shoah survivors has called for that Nigel Farage admit the facts and apologise for reported antisemitic taunts attributed to him toward Jewish pupils during his time at school.

The Reform UK leader has previously stated he never insulted anyone with malicious intent, framing it may have been mere "childish teasing".

"Being Shoah survivors, we grasp the deadly peril of words of hatred – because we have seen where such words can lead," declared the survivors in a missive.

"We must be unambiguous: lauding Hitler, jeering at gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not banter. Not in a playground. Not under any circumstances."

An Unequivocal Demand

The correspondence puts forth blunt questions to the party leader: "Is it true you said ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ and mimicked gas chambers? Did you target your fellow pupils to bigoted harassment?"

Those Who Signed

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 held in a ghetto before fleeing in 1942 and living through the rest of the war as a fugitive.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and later moved to Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated.

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

Growing Accounts

This action is a response to the rejection of corroborating allegations by more than several dozen former pupils and teachers as "made-up twaddle" by a deputy leader.

Following the publication, additional former pupils have come forward. 28 ex-students and educators now assert they witnessed racist or antisemitic behaviour by him.

One prominent testimony comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish award-winning director, who has stated that a teenage Farage would come near him and repeat the phrases "Hitler was right" and "send them to the gas chambers", on occasion including a long hiss to simulate the sound of poison gas.

Further Allegations

Additional alumni from minority ethnic backgrounds have likewise come forward with allegations of direct abuse.

• Cyrus Oshidar claimed he was referred to as a "racial slur" and has dismissed the claim that such actions were devoid of malice.
• Another individual with Asian roots portrayed him as an "blatant racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was correct" as a form of "ethnic harassment".

The Ultimate Question

The missive from survivors puts forth an ultimate challenge to Farage: "By denying saying those words, do you mean that scores of witnesses are lying? If the words were spoken, now is the moment to admit your error and apologise."

"Individuals who hope to lead our country should never sow discord by ethnicity or faith. Hatred of Jews must always be confronted. This moment is about moral responsibility. The decision is your own, Mr Farage."