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)
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