THE LONDON School of Economics (LSE) is investigating an attack on a Jewish student following his objection to a Nazi drinking game.

The student was among 150 from LSE’s athletics union who travelled to Val d’Isère in France for a skiing trip last month.

The LSE’s Jewish Society released a statement confirming that the student was attacked after objecting to the game, which was similar to the popular drinking game 'Ring of Fire', but with a Nazi theme.

According to the LSE’s student newspaper, The Beaver, the game involved cards set out in a swastika, anti-Semitic slurs, and encouragement to “salute the Führer”.

Thee Jewish student who suffered the injury, who has not been named by the university, told Thee Guardian, “there was a mix of personal references and general Jewish insults. That was [when] I excused myself from the game. It made me extremely upset.

“It was a build-up during the game, and seeing the swastika obviously, but the comments built up to the point where I couldn’t forgive myself if I let it slide.

“I feel angry about it now. There’s no doubt it was an aff ront at my identity, but on a personal level it was extremely upsetting.”

According to the LSE Student’s Union the violence was not serious enough for French police to be called in, but the student in question did suffer a broken nose.

 e university insisted that it was “prepared to take disciplinary action” but the student who was assaulted does not want to press charges.

Jay Stoll, president of the LSE’s Jewish Society, said that the attack did not represent the experience that the majority of Jewish students had at the university, asserting that there was “absolutely no excuse” for the “spiteful, collective attack on a community”.

He said, “Nazi glorifi cation and anti-Semitism have no place in our universities, which should remain safe spaces for all students.”

Alex Peters-Day, general secretary of the LSE Students’ Union, told BBC London that she “absolutely rejected” the suggestion that there was an anti-Semitic ethos at the university, on the basis that it was an “incredibly small minority” of people who had taken part in the game.

Brendan Mycock, president of the LSE athletics Union severely condemned the actions of these individuals. He said, “Being in the Athletics Union is about being a team, behaving with respect to our team-mates and Athletics Union peers and representing our union and our university.”