First they came for…

June 1, 2020
Memorial stone engraved with Martin Niemöller's poem First They Came

Looking at the news today, this was very apt to quote…

“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”

~ German Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemöeller

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