AFTER HITLER CAME TO POWER IN

GERMANY, THE NAZIS CAME FOR THE COMMUNISTS, BUT SINCE I WAS NOT A COMMUNIST I DID NOT RAISE MY VOICE IN PROTEST.

 

NEXT THEY CAME FOR THE JEWS, BUT SINCE I WAS NOT JEWISH I REMAINED SILENT.

 

NEXT, THEY CAME FOR THE TRADE UNIONIST. I WAS NOT A UNION MEMBER, SO I SAID NOTHING.

 

NEXT, THEY CAME FOR THE CATHOLICS. I WAS NOT A CATHOLIC, SO I KEPT QUIET.

 

FINALLY, THEY CAME FOR ME, BUT THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO SPEAK FOR ME.

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