Cool quote #1

“In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.”
Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)

About Elissa Smith

Hi, I'm Elissa! I just finished my B.Sc (Global Resource Systems) at UBC. I want to be a farmer, a midwife and a mother when I grow up. My hobbies include reading fiction, yoga, telemark skiing, dancing, cycling (in the summer) and swimming. I like baking and cooking too.
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One Response to Cool quote #1

  1. alison says:

    i want to tell you the ‘translation’that i know because it i believe most closely reflects the origional german and certainly relates the hisorical sequence of events.if this is a limited box i’ll email..
    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.
    m@’s aunty Thalia speaks German fluently.I’ll see if she can track down the origional.Its very powerful and I’m glad you’ve found it too..alison

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