Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 16:15:20 -0600 (CST) From: Samuel Kaplin <skaplin@mirage.skypoint.com> On Tue, 24 Jan 1995, Lucky Green wrote: > Many years ago, I read a poem by a German priest Is this the poem, Lucky? They [Nazis] 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 Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up. - Martin Niemller Close. You left out trade unionists and misspelled his last name, but certainly got the bulk of it. I'm typing from a pink triangular button only because it's close by (pinned to my clinic escorting hat), but I've previously verified that it matches the text from other sources. Of course, it may very well be a translation . . . . I believe that Rishab Ghosh also sent an approximation of this text out to the list a while back. Rick ``In Germany they first came 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.'' - Pastor Martin Niemoller