Holocaust Memorial Museum, one of the guardians of Holocaust memory, shot back quickly earlier this week after Minnesota Gov. It must stop.… pic.twitter.com/xG4oFyypBr — US Holocaust Museum (@HolocaustMuseum) January 27, 2026RELATED: US rabbis head to Minneapolis to join protests to counter ICE raidsBut other Holocaust scholars say that definition is far too narrow. Omer Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University, said he’s “not a big fan” of Holocaust analogies but sees Walz’s comparison of immigration authorities’ tactics in Minneapolis this past month as reasonable. Last year, President Donald Trump appointed eight new members to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, which governs the museum. But the Holocaust museum in D.C. isn’t the only one to squash attempts to show broader concern for genocide.