U.S. Holocaust Museum criticizes Walz for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum criticized Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's comparison of Minnesota children to Anne Frank, People reported. Walz made the remarks near the end of a press conference on Sunday, Jan. 25, held after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal officers.

Walz said, "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," and added, "Somebody's going to write that children's story about Minnesota." The museum noted that Anne Frank died at Bergen‑Belsen at age 15 and said in a statement shared on X on Monday, Jan.

26, that "Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish" and that "leaders making false equivalencies to her experience for political purposes is never acceptable," calling such exploitation "deeply offensive, especially as antisemitism surges." On Monday, Jan.

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Politics, Tim Walz, U.s. Holocaust Museum, Anne Frank, Alex Pretti, Immigration Customs Enforcement