QUOTE (Martin Niemöller) – Jan 14

“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.”
~ Martin Niemöller

In honor of Martin Niemöller, a prominent Protestant pastor in Nazi Germany, who was born on this day in 1892. He spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps.

Resources:
Today in History – January 14
Martin Niemöller: “First they came for the Socialists…”