Apropos now is the famous WWII-era poem by German pastor Martin Niemöller, "First They Came." It's too long to quote, but to condense — "First they came for the Communists, but I wasn't a Communist so ...
German pastor and theologian Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) famously said something that goes like this: “First they came for the communists, and I wasn’t one, so I didn’t speak out; then they came for ...
It’s one of the most rousing calls to conscience to come out of the 20th century. I’m thinking of Martin Niemöller’s “First they came for the communists.” You know how it goes. It begins, “First they ...
There is a well-known poem that begins, “First they came for the Communists / but I did not speak out / because I was not a communist.” The poem goes on to describe the persecution of various other ...
The Nation: The Strange Story of the Famed Anti-Fascist Lament “First They Came…”
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Letters to the editors: ‘First They Came,’ clinging to remnants of civility and WaPo cuts
Letters to the editors: ‘First They Came,’ clinging to remnants of civility and WaPo cuts
MSN: The strange story of the famed anti-fascist lament “First they came…”
Yahoo: First they came for...immigrants. How soon before it’s you? | Opinion
Cleveland.com: First, they came for others. When will they come for the rest of us, if we stay silent? Alan Federman
In the 1970s, the poem, “First They Came,” written by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoller after World War II, began to be widely cited as a warning that when a dictator comes after one group ...