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" Many years later, after Niemöller had been imprisoned for eight years in concentration camps as the personal prisoner of Adolf Hitler, he penned these infamous words:
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionist, 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.
And then they came for me -
and there was no one left to speak for me. "

Eric Metaxas , Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy


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Eric Metaxas quote : Many years later, after Niemöller had been imprisoned for eight years in concentration camps as the personal prisoner of Adolf Hitler, he penned these infamous words:<br />First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -<br />because I was not a Socialist.<br />Then they came for the Trade Unionist, and I did not speak out -<br />because I was not a Trade Unionist.<br />Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out -<br />because I was not a Jew.<br />And then they came for me -<br />and there was no one left to speak for me.