Holocaust Museum Rebukes Walz Over Anne Frank Comparison
U.S. Holocaust Museum said Walz's May 17, 2025 comparison to Anne Frank "cheapens the horror of the Holocaust.",
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Overview
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum posted on X on May 19, 2025, saying "Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish" and calling comparisons to her "never acceptable," the museum said.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made the May 17, 2025 remark during a press briefing after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ICU nurse, officials said.
Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, posted on X on May 17, 2025, that Walz's comparison "cheapens the horror of the Holocaust" and called him "historically illiterate," and Republican Rep. Randy Fine called the remark "antisemitic and repulsive," according to their posts and statements.
The Department of Homeland Security deployed nearly 1,000 additional agents to Minnesota after the Jan. 7, 2025 death of Renee Nicole Good, and protests tied to federal enforcement have prompted business closures, DHS and local officials said, while the Justice Department has charged three people under the FACE Act, officials said.
Democrats and activists have called for ICE to leave Minnesota and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz demanded on May 17, 2025 that President Donald Trump pull back federal agents, with legal cases and federal probes continuing, party officials and Walz's office said.
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