Matin Brun

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist


Then 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 out for me

Martin Niemöller (1892-1984), pasteur allemand, interné au camp de Dachau.