The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has condemned the act of comparing the Holocaust to other events after recent comments made by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) comparing the Holocaust to the current situation at the U.S. southern border sparked public outcry.
Ocasio-Cortez received widespread condemnation last week after she made the comment comparing U.S. border facilities to “concentration camps” in an Instagram video. She quoted the phrase “Never again” while referencing America’s detention facilities for illegal aliens; the term is synonymous with crimes committed by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany during World War II. Her comments sparked a debate as to whether the immigration facilities are in fact “concentration camps,” with academics and media personalities openly arguing their understanding of the term.
