🔗 Share this article Shoah Survivors Call On Nigel Farage to Make Amends Over Claimed Anti-Jewish Remarks. A coalition of Holocaust survivors has called for that Nigel Farage admit the facts and apologise for alleged antisemitic abuse he reportedly directed toward Jewish students during his school days. The Reform UK leader has said he never insulted anyone with deliberate cruelty, proposing it may have been mere "childish teasing". "Being Holocaust survivors, we grasp the deadly peril of bigoted language – because we have seen where such words ultimately lead," declared the survivors in a missive. "Let us be clear: praising Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or shouting racist insults is not simple joking. Not on a schoolyard. Not ever." A Pointed Inquiry The letter poses straightforward questions to the political figure: "Are the claims accurate that you stated ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ while mimicking gas chambers? Did you expose your fellow pupils to bigoted harassment?" The Survivors The group of 11 survivors features individuals with harrowing personal stories from the Nazi genocide. Hedi Argent, who was bereaved of 27 members of her immediate and extended family. Simon Winston, who was imprisoned 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 incarcerated at Bergen-Belsen, where she was rescued. 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 comes after the dismissal of related allegations by more than two dozen alumni and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a high-ranking official. Following the publication, further individuals from that era have shared their stories. 28 ex-students and educators now assert they saw prejudiced actions by him. One well-known allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who recalls that a young Farage would come near him and utter the phrases "Hitler was right" and "send them to the gas chambers", sometimes adding a prolonged hissing sound to imitate the sound of the gas chambers. Additional Claims Additional alumni from diverse backgrounds have likewise spoken publicly with accounts of direct abuse. Cyrus Oshidar stated he was referred to as a "racial slur" and has rejected the notion that such actions were devoid of malice. Another individual with Asian roots described him as an "open racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was correct" as a form of "racial intimidation". The Survivors' Final Appeal The survivors' letter poses a final question to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, is your position that 20 former classmates and teachers are not telling the truth? If you did say them, now is the moment to admit your error and say sorry." "Individuals who hope to lead our country should under no circumstances divide people by race or religion. Antisemitic hatred must never be normalised. This moment is about personal accountability. The decision is yours, Mr Farage."
A coalition of Holocaust survivors has called for that Nigel Farage admit the facts and apologise for alleged antisemitic abuse he reportedly directed toward Jewish students during his school days. The Reform UK leader has said he never insulted anyone with deliberate cruelty, proposing it may have been mere "childish teasing". "Being Holocaust survivors, we grasp the deadly peril of bigoted language – because we have seen where such words ultimately lead," declared the survivors in a missive. "Let us be clear: praising Hitler, mimicking gas chambers, or shouting racist insults is not simple joking. Not on a schoolyard. Not ever." A Pointed Inquiry The letter poses straightforward questions to the political figure: "Are the claims accurate that you stated ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ while mimicking gas chambers? Did you expose your fellow pupils to bigoted harassment?" The Survivors The group of 11 survivors features individuals with harrowing personal stories from the Nazi genocide. Hedi Argent, who was bereaved of 27 members of her immediate and extended family. Simon Winston, who was imprisoned 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 incarcerated at Bergen-Belsen, where she was rescued. 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 comes after the dismissal of related allegations by more than two dozen alumni and teachers as "fabricated nonsense" by a high-ranking official. Following the publication, further individuals from that era have shared their stories. 28 ex-students and educators now assert they saw prejudiced actions by him. One well-known allegation comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who recalls that a young Farage would come near him and utter the phrases "Hitler was right" and "send them to the gas chambers", sometimes adding a prolonged hissing sound to imitate the sound of the gas chambers. Additional Claims Additional alumni from diverse backgrounds have likewise spoken publicly with accounts of direct abuse. Cyrus Oshidar stated he was referred to as a "racial slur" and has rejected the notion that such actions were devoid of malice. Another individual with Asian roots described him as an "open racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell was correct" as a form of "racial intimidation". The Survivors' Final Appeal The survivors' letter poses a final question to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, is your position that 20 former classmates and teachers are not telling the truth? If you did say them, now is the moment to admit your error and say sorry." "Individuals who hope to lead our country should under no circumstances divide people by race or religion. Antisemitic hatred must never be normalised. This moment is about personal accountability. The decision is yours, Mr Farage."