Memorial Day
When the Nazis came for the Communists,
I remained silent: I was not a Communist.
When locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent: I was not social democrats.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not hear the my voice: I was not union.
When they came for the Jews,
remained silent: I was not a jew.
When they came for me,
was no one left
that could make my voice heard.
(verses attributed to Bertold Brecht, but probably taken from a speech by Martin Niemoeller at the end of World War II. A German Protestant pastor Martin Niemoellerer opponent of Nazism, interned in various concentration camps including Dachau)
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