Friday, February 28, 2025

Martin Niemöller, hmmm.

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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