The U.S. Embassy in Hungary condemned an article by a Hungarian official comparing George Soros, a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor, to Adolf Hitler.

On Monday, according to an English translation, the office posted on its Twitter account saying it “strongly condemns” the article, which compares a new proposal from the European Union “with the horrific murder of millions of people during the Holocaust,” according to an English translation.

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