US Holocaust Museum condemns Walz’s comparing Minnesotans to Anne Frank

Published January 26, 2026 2:47pm ET



The U.S. Holocaust Museum sharply criticized comments made by Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) in which he likened the impact of federal immigration enforcement in his state to the experiences of Anne Frank. 

The Holocaust Museum said in an X post Monday that the events in Minnesota and the systematic extermination of Jewish people in the Holocaust are inherently different.

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