Shoah Survivors Demand Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Claimed Antisemitic Comments.

A collective of Shoah survivors has called for that Nigel Farage admit the facts and issue an apology for reported anti-Jewish taunts he is said to have made toward Jewish pupils during his school days.

The political party leader has claimed he never insulted anyone with the aim to hurt, suggesting it may have been mere "childish teasing".

"Being Shoah survivors, we comprehend the grave risk of bigoted language – because we have seen where such words inevitably end," stated the survivors in a letter.

"We must be unambiguous: lauding Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or directing racial slurs is not simple joking. Not among children. Not ever."

A Direct Question

The document poses direct questions to the party leader: "Is it true you said ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ while mimicking gas chambers? Did you expose your fellow pupils to anti-Jewish taunts?"

The Signatories

The collective of 11 survivors includes individuals with deeply traumatic personal histories 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 concealed.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later transferred 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.

Increasing Allegations

This action is a response to the rejection of corroborating testimony by more than several dozen former pupils and teachers as "complete fiction" by a high-ranking official.

Following the publication, additional former pupils have come forward. Twenty-eight former pupils and teachers now claim they observed prejudiced actions by him.

One notable allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who said that a young Farage would approach him and utter the phrases "Hitler had the correct idea" and "send them to the gas chambers", at times making a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas chambers.

Further Allegations

More individuals from diverse backgrounds have additionally come forward with allegations of direct abuse.

• Cyrus Oshidar said he was branded a "racial slur" and has dismissed the idea that such actions were not meant to hurt.
• Another pupil of Asian descent portrayed him as an "blatant racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was correct" as a form of "racial bullying".

The Ultimate Question

The survivors' letter asks a concluding dilemma to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, do you mean that scores of witnesses are fabricating their stories? If the words were spoken, now is the opportunity to take responsibility and say sorry."

"Those who hope to lead our country should under no circumstances create division by ethnicity or faith. Hatred of Jews must never be normalised. This moment is about ethical duty. The decision is yours, Mr Farage."