People have been referencing his poem.
"Martin Niemöller is best known for writing 'First They Came,' but he is a complicated figure. Initially an antisemitic Nazi supporter, his views changed when he was imprisoned in a concentration camp for speaking out against Nazi control of churches."
https://hmd.org.uk/resource/pastor-martin-niemoller-hmd-2021/
"First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me"
~ Martin Niemöller
https://hmd.org.uk/resource/first-they-came-by-pastor-martin-niemoller/
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