🔗 Share this article Holocaust Victims Call On Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Alleged Anti-Jewish Remarks. A coalition of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage be honest and express remorse for alleged antisemitic comments attributed to him toward Jewish students during his youth. The Reform UK leader has previously stated he never racially abused anyone with malicious intent, framing it may have been mere "childish teasing". "Being Shoah survivors, we understand the grave risk of bigoted language – because we have experienced firsthand where such words ultimately lead," wrote the survivors in a letter. "Let us be clear: praising Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or directing racial slurs is not teasing. Not on a schoolyard. Not under any circumstances." A Pointed Inquiry The letter asks blunt questions to the political figure: "Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you subject your peers to anti-Jewish taunts?" Those Who Signed The collective of eleven survivors features individuals with devastating personal stories from the Nazi genocide. Hedi Argent, who lost 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 sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she was freed. The remaining survivors include Janine Webber, Edith Jayne, Helen Aronson, Ruth Barnett, John Fieldsend, Susan Pollack, Hanneke Dye and Agnes Kaposi. Growing Accounts This action is a response to the characterisation of similar accounts by more than two dozen or more former pupils and teachers as "made-up twaddle" by a senior party figure. Since the initial report, additional former pupils have shared their stories. Twenty-eight ex-students and educators now assert they witnessed bigoted conduct by him. One well-known testimony comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who recalls that a young Farage would approach him and say the phrases "Hitler was right" and "gas them", sometimes including a long hiss to imitate the sound of poison gas. Additional Claims Other former pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds have additionally shared experiences with stories of targeted insults. Cyrus Oshidar claimed he was referred to as a "Paki" and has labelled as rubbish the idea 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 right" as a form of "racial intimidation". A Concluding Demand The survivors' letter poses a final dilemma to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, is your position that dozens of individuals are lying? Should the allegations be true, now is the opportunity to acknowledge you were wrong and make amends." "People who seek to govern our country should not ever divide people by race or religion. Hatred of Jews must always be confronted. This moment is about ethical duty. The path forward is yours, Mr Farage."
A coalition of Shoah survivors has insisted that Nigel Farage be honest and express remorse for alleged antisemitic comments attributed to him toward Jewish students during his youth. The Reform UK leader has previously stated he never racially abused anyone with malicious intent, framing it may have been mere "childish teasing". "Being Shoah survivors, we understand the grave risk of bigoted language – because we have experienced firsthand where such words ultimately lead," wrote the survivors in a letter. "Let us be clear: praising Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or directing racial slurs is not teasing. Not on a schoolyard. Not under any circumstances." A Pointed Inquiry The letter asks blunt questions to the political figure: "Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ accompanied by mimicking gas chambers? Did you subject your peers to anti-Jewish taunts?" Those Who Signed The collective of eleven survivors features individuals with devastating personal stories from the Nazi genocide. Hedi Argent, who lost 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 sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she was freed. The remaining survivors include Janine Webber, Edith Jayne, Helen Aronson, Ruth Barnett, John Fieldsend, Susan Pollack, Hanneke Dye and Agnes Kaposi. Growing Accounts This action is a response to the characterisation of similar accounts by more than two dozen or more former pupils and teachers as "made-up twaddle" by a senior party figure. Since the initial report, additional former pupils have shared their stories. Twenty-eight ex-students and educators now assert they witnessed bigoted conduct by him. One well-known testimony comes from Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish-born Bafta and Emmy-winning director, who recalls that a young Farage would approach him and say the phrases "Hitler was right" and "gas them", sometimes including a long hiss to imitate the sound of poison gas. Additional Claims Other former pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds have additionally shared experiences with stories of targeted insults. Cyrus Oshidar claimed he was referred to as a "Paki" and has labelled as rubbish the idea 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 right" as a form of "racial intimidation". A Concluding Demand The survivors' letter poses a final dilemma to Farage: "If you deny saying those words, is your position that dozens of individuals are lying? Should the allegations be true, now is the opportunity to acknowledge you were wrong and make amends." "People who seek to govern our country should not ever divide people by race or religion. Hatred of Jews must always be confronted. This moment is about ethical duty. The path forward is yours, Mr Farage."