Holocaust Survivors Urge Nigel Farage to Make Amends Over Claimed Anti-Jewish Remarks.

A coalition of Holocaust survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage be honest and express remorse for alleged anti-Jewish taunts he reportedly directed toward Jewish students during his youth.

The political party leader has said he never insulted anyone with deliberate cruelty, suggesting it may have been mere "childish teasing".

"Being Shoah survivors, we understand the grave risk of bigoted language – for we have witnessed where such words inevitably end," stated the survivors in a missive.

"Let us be clear: 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 document puts forth blunt questions to the political figure: "Are the claims accurate that you stated ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ and mimicked gas chambers? Did you target your peers to bigoted harassment?"

Those Who Signed

The collective of eleven survivors features individuals with devastating personal stories from the Nazi genocide.

• Hedi Argent, who saw the murder of 27 members of her family.
• Simon Winston, who was held in a ghetto before escaping in 1942 and spending the rest of the war concealed.
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and later incarcerated at Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated.

The remaining survivors include Janine Webber, Edith Jayne, Helen Aronson, Ruth Barnett, John Fieldsend, Susan Pollack, Hanneke Dye and Agnes Kaposi.

Mounting Testimony

This intervention is a response to the characterisation of corroborating testimony by more than two dozen or more former pupils and teachers as "made-up twaddle" by a deputy leader.

Since the initial report, more contemporaries have come forward. Nearly thirty people connected to the school now claim they saw prejudiced actions by him.

One well-known account comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who recalls that a teenage Farage would come near him and repeat the phrases "Hitler was correct" and "send them to the gas chambers", at times making a hiss to imitate the sound of poison gas.

Further Allegations

Other former pupils from diverse backgrounds have likewise spoken publicly with stories of targeted insults.

• Cyrus Oshidar stated he was referred to as a "Paki" and has labelled as rubbish the claim that such actions were without intent.
• Another individual with Asian roots characterised him as an "blatant racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was correct" as a form of "racial bullying".

The Ultimate Question

The missive from survivors poses a final dilemma to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, do you mean that scores of witnesses are not telling the truth? Should the allegations be true, now is the time to take responsibility and apologise."

"People who seek to govern our country should not ever sow discord by race or religion. Antisemitic hatred must always be confronted. This moment is about moral responsibility. The choice is your own, Mr Farage."