Martin Niemoller #1 - The Pastor who Defied the Nazis

Then They Came for Me - Martin Niemoller
The Pastor Who Defied the Nazis

First 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 for me.

Professor Matthew Hockenos
Chair of the Department of History at Skidmore College in New York
A Church Divided: German Protestants Confront the Nazi Past (Indiana University Press, 2004)
Christian Jewish relationships, anti-Semitism, Nazi Germany