Holocaust Victims Urge Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Claimed Anti-Jewish Remarks.

A coalition of Holocaust survivors has publicly demanded that Nigel Farage tell the truth and apologise for alleged antisemitic taunts he reportedly directed toward Jewish pupils during his school days.

The Reform UK leader has said he never racially abused anyone with deliberate cruelty, suggesting it may have been mere "schoolyard talk".

"Being Holocaust survivors, we grasp the profound danger of hateful words – because we have seen where such words ultimately lead," stated the survivors in a missive.

"We must be unambiguous: expressing admiration for Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or directing racial slurs is not teasing. Not in a playground. Not ever."

A Direct Question

The letter poses direct questions to the party leader: "Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ and mimicked gas chambers? Did you expose your fellow pupils to bigoted harassment?"

The Survivors

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

• Hedi Argent, who was bereaved of 27 members of her family.
• Simon Winston, who was confined to a ghetto before escaping in 1942 and living through the rest of the war in hiding.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was imprisoned at 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 is a response to the dismissal of related allegations by more than two dozen or more former pupils and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a deputy leader.

Since the initial report, further individuals from that era have come forward. Nearly thirty former pupils and teachers now assert they witnessed prejudiced actions by him.

One prominent testimony comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who said that a young Farage would come near him and utter the phrases "Hitler was right" and "gas them", sometimes adding a long hiss to imitate the sound of gas chambers.

A Broader Pattern

Other former pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds have also shared experiences with stories of personal harassment.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was branded a "Paki" and has labelled as rubbish the notion that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another student of Asian heritage characterised him as an "avowed bigot" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was right" as a form of "racial bullying".

The Ultimate Question

The missive from survivors poses a final challenge to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, are you claiming that 20 former classmates and teachers are not telling the truth? If you did say them, now is the opportunity to admit your error and say sorry."

"People who seek to govern our country should never create division by ethnicity or faith. Anti-Jewish bigotry must never become acceptable. This moment is about personal accountability. The path forward is your own, Mr Farage."