Friday, June 6, 2008

When will they put this one on a poster?

An Untitled Poem, by Martin Niemöller and Salieri

They came first 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 I said "You've got the wrong guy.
I never spoke up.
You're looking for my neighbor,
he's a trade unionist."
Then they never bothered me again.

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