Friday, 9 May 2025

Red String Block

 

You've probably heard this before. It may be time to hear it again:


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

 

-          Adapted from the work of German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)

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