🔗 Share this article Holocaust Victims Demand Nigel Farage to Make Amends Over Alleged Anti-Jewish Remarks. A group of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage tell the truth and apologise for alleged anti-Jewish comments attributed to him toward Jewish students during his time at school. The Reform UK leader has previously stated he never racially abused anyone with deliberate cruelty, suggesting it may have been mere "playground banter". "Being Shoah survivors, we comprehend the deadly peril of words of hatred – for we have seen where such words inevitably end," declared the survivors in a missive. "We must be unambiguous: expressing admiration for Hitler, jeering at gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not teasing. Not among children. Not ever." A Direct Question The letter poses straightforward questions to the public figure: "Is it true you said ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you target your fellow pupils to anti-Jewish taunts?" The Signatories The group of 11 survivors features individuals with devastating 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 escaping in 1942 and spending the rest of the war concealed. 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. Mounting Testimony This intervention is a response to the rejection of related testimony by more than two dozen ex-schoolmates and teachers as "complete fiction" by a senior party figure. Since the initial report, more contemporaries have spoken out. 28 former pupils and teachers now claim they saw bigoted conduct by him. One prominent testimony comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who said that a young Farage would approach him and say the phrases "Hitler was right" and "gas them", at times making a prolonged hissing sound to mimic the sound of poison gas. Additional Claims More individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds have likewise shared experiences with allegations of targeted insults. Cyrus Oshidar stated he was called a "racial slur" and has rejected the notion that such actions were not meant to hurt. Another individual with Asian roots described him as an "open racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "ethnic harassment". A Concluding Demand The final appeal puts forth an ultimate dilemma to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, are you claiming that 20 former classmates and teachers are lying? Should the allegations be true, now is the time to admit your error and make amends." "Those who hope to lead our country should under no circumstances create division by background or belief. Antisemitic hatred must always be confronted. This moment is about personal accountability. The path forward is yours, Mr Farage."
A group of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage tell the truth and apologise for alleged anti-Jewish comments attributed to him toward Jewish students during his time at school. The Reform UK leader has previously stated he never racially abused anyone with deliberate cruelty, suggesting it may have been mere "playground banter". "Being Shoah survivors, we comprehend the deadly peril of words of hatred – for we have seen where such words inevitably end," declared the survivors in a missive. "We must be unambiguous: expressing admiration for Hitler, jeering at gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not teasing. Not among children. Not ever." A Direct Question The letter poses straightforward questions to the public figure: "Is it true you said ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you target your fellow pupils to anti-Jewish taunts?" The Signatories The group of 11 survivors features individuals with devastating 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 escaping in 1942 and spending the rest of the war concealed. 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. Mounting Testimony This intervention is a response to the rejection of related testimony by more than two dozen ex-schoolmates and teachers as "complete fiction" by a senior party figure. Since the initial report, more contemporaries have spoken out. 28 former pupils and teachers now claim they saw bigoted conduct by him. One prominent testimony comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who said that a young Farage would approach him and say the phrases "Hitler was right" and "gas them", at times making a prolonged hissing sound to mimic the sound of poison gas. Additional Claims More individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds have likewise shared experiences with allegations of targeted insults. Cyrus Oshidar stated he was called a "racial slur" and has rejected the notion that such actions were not meant to hurt. Another individual with Asian roots described him as an "open racist" who would use the phrase "Enoch Powell had a point" as a form of "ethnic harassment". A Concluding Demand The final appeal puts forth an ultimate dilemma to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, are you claiming that 20 former classmates and teachers are lying? Should the allegations be true, now is the time to admit your error and make amends." "Those who hope to lead our country should under no circumstances create division by background or belief. Antisemitic hatred must always be confronted. This moment is about personal accountability. The path forward is yours, Mr Farage."