Holocaust Museum: Walz’s Anne Frank comparison ‘deeply offensive’

Walz's Anne Frank comment shows how Holocaust remembrance has become contentious

(RNS) — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, one of the guardians of Holocaust memory, shot back quickly earlier this week after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz compared children’s fears about immigration authorities in his state to Anne Frank’s desperation in her Amsterdam hideout before her arrest by the Nazis. In a post on X, the museum called the governor’s comparison “deeply offensive.” “Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Je…

What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank hiding from ICE

Is it ok to invoke Anne Frank in discussing kids hiding from ICE? Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum disagree.

Holocaust Museum Rebukes Walz for Comparing ICE Enforcement to Anne Frank's Holocaust Experience

It seems pretty clear that the Left has given up on trying to win arguments. Their new strategy? Slander. For years, Americans who believe in... The post Holocaust Museum Rebukes Walz for Comparing ICE Enforcement to Anne Frank’s Holocaust Experience appeared first on Patriot Journal.

‘Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally,’ Trump antisemitism envoy says in refuting Walz’s ICE comparison

In the lead-up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, both the State Department’s antisemitism envoy and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum criticized Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for invoking Anne Frank in discussions of federal immigration raids. The remarks by Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the antisemitism envoy nominated by President Trump, that “Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally and abided by Dutch law” added fuel to an ongoing debate over the ap…

Holocaust Comparisons Spark Museum Rebuke of Walz

The debate over immigration enforcement took a sharp turn this week as Holocaust comparisons drew a public rebuke from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum following comments by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The museum condemned political rhetoric likening illegal immigrants targeted by ICE to Anne Frank, calling the analogy offensive and historically false. “Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish. Leaders making false equiv…

Walz Silent After Condemnations of His Comparing ICE Operations to Holocaust

The office of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has not responded to condemnations of his comparing illegal alien children to Holocaust victim Anne Frank. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Monday issued a statement rebuking “leaders” for using Frank’s tragic story for “political purposes,” but did not mention Walz by name. Walz had made the reference at a press conference Sunday in Minnesota, following the shooting of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti inv…