Holocaust Victims Demand Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Reported Anti-Jewish Comments.

A coalition of Holocaust survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage admit the facts and apologise for reported antisemitic comments he reportedly directed toward Jewish students during his youth.

The Reform UK leader has previously stated he never racially abused anyone with the aim to hurt, 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.

"Let us be clear: expressing admiration for Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not simple joking. Not in a playground. Not under any circumstances."

A Pointed Inquiry

The letter asks direct questions to the party leader: "Is it true you said ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you target your classmates to bigoted harassment?"

The Survivors

The group of 11 survivors features individuals with deeply traumatic personal histories from the Holocaust.

• Hedi Argent, who was bereaved of 27 members of her family.
• Simon Winston, who was held in a ghetto before breaking out in 1942 and spending the rest of the war in hiding.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was deported to 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 intervention comes after the rejection of similar accounts by more than several dozen former pupils and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a deputy leader.

Since the initial report, additional former pupils have come forward. Twenty-eight former pupils and teachers now assert they observed racist or antisemitic behaviour by him.

One prominent account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who said that a teenage Farage would come near him and utter the phrases "Hitler was correct" and "gas them", on occasion including a long hiss to mimic the sound of poison gas.

Further Allegations

Additional alumni from ethnic minorities have likewise shared experiences with allegations of targeted insults.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was referred to as a "Paki" and has rejected the notion that such actions were devoid of malice.
• Another individual with Asian roots described him as an "avowed bigot" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was correct" as a form of "racial intimidation".

The Survivors' Final Appeal

The final appeal asks a concluding question to Farage: "By denying saying those words, is your position that dozens of individuals are fabricating their stories? If you did say them, now is the opportunity to acknowledge you were wrong and make amends."

"People who seek to govern our country should under no circumstances sow discord by ethnicity or faith. Anti-Jewish bigotry must always be confronted. This moment is about moral responsibility. The choice is yours, Mr Farage."