There are many variations of this poem, but this is the most common.
First they came for the Communists,
and I didnt speak up, because I wasnt a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didnt speak up, because I wasnt a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didnt speak up, because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me.
by Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945
"I would rather burn my church to the ground, than to preach the Nazi trinity of race, blood, and soil."
There are many variations of this poem, but this is the most common.
First they came for the Communists, and I didnt speak up, because I wasnt a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didnt speak up, because I wasnt a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didnt speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me.
by Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945
"I would rather burn my church to the ground, than to preach the Nazi trinity of race, blood, and soil."