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At first, when they were hunting down the communists, I didn’t speak out because I was not a communist. Then when they were hunting down the Jews, I didn’t speak up because I was not a Jew. Then when they were hunting down the trade unionists, I didn’t speak up. I didn’t speak – because I wasn’t a trade unionist; when they came after the Catholics, I didn’t speak – because I was a Protestant; and finally when they came after me, there was no one left to speak for me. This famous poem “I Did Not Speak” is a confessional poem by the German theologian Pastor Martin Niemola. Although he wrote about himself, this poem is deafening and thought-provoking. Its description ignores groups that seem to have nothing to do with himself. the results caused. The poem was later often quoted as an appeal to those who had nothing to do with themselves. This poem is engraved on the New England Holocaust Memorial Stone in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Martin Niemola once lived in a dark…
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