July 14, 2007

First they came…

Reading jeffooi.com, I found this poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892-1984).

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

So true. so true.

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