“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”
The above words are not by Bonhoeffer - I stand corrected - they are by Martin Niemoeller and were given as a reply to the question: How could it happen?
Letters and Papers fropm Prison - Dietrich Bonoehoffer
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“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”
The above words are not by Bonhoeffer - I stand corrected - they are by Martin Niemoeller and were given as a reply to the question: How could it happen?
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