OAN Staff Nathaniel Mannor
11:31 AM – Wednesday, January 28, 2026
The U.S. Holocaust Museum has condemned Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for comparing the federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota to the Nazis’ treatment of Jews.
The Holocaust Museum criticized Walz (D-Minn.) and other leaders in an X post on Monday for using Anne Frank’s story for political gain against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents.
During a recent press conference, Walz claimed migrant children are hiding in their homes from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials the same way European Jews hid from the Nazis during World War II.
“We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank,” he said. “Somebody is going to write that children’s story about Minnesota.”
The Washington, D.C.-based museum hit back at Walz’s claim on social media.
“Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish. Leaders making false equivalencies to her experience for political purposes is never acceptable.”
“Despite tensions in Minneapolis, exploiting the Holocaust is deeply offensive, especially as antisemitism surges,” the post continued.
The Holocaust Museum said despite tensions in Minneapolis, exploiting the Holocaust is never appropriate, especially with the surge of anti-Semitism.
Governor Walz has yet to apologize for his remarks.
Tuesday marked the 20th annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed on the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp. The day honors the six million Jewish victims and the millions of others murdered by the Nazi regime.
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