Nazi Victim

They came for the communists,
and I did not speak up
because I wasn't a communist;

They came for the socialists,
and I did not speak up
because I was not a socialist;

They came for the union leaders,
and I did not speak up
because I wasn't a union leader;

They came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one
left to speak up for me ....

- Pastor Martin Niemöller




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