FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE JEWS

I  DIDN’T  SPEAK  UP

IN GERMANY THEY FIRST CAME FOR THE COMMUNISTS,

      AND I DIDN'T SPEAK UP BECAUSE I WASN'T A COMMUNIST…

THEN THEY CAME FOR THE JEWS,

      AND I DIDN'T SPEAK UP BECAUSE I WASN'T A JEW…

THEN THEY CAME FOR THE TRADE UNIONISTS,

      AND I DIDN'T SPEAK UP BECAUSE I WASN'T A TRADE UNIONIST…

THEN THEY CAME FOR THE CATHOLICS,

      AND I DIDN'T SPEAK UP BECAUSE I WAS A PROTESTANT…

THEN THEY CAME FOR ME,

      AND BY THAT TIME NO ONE WAS LEFT TO SPEAK UP.

Pastor Martin Niemoller (1892-1984), a German Protestant Minister,

was a leader of the church's opposition to Hitler.

He was interned in Nazi concentration camps from 1937 to 1945.