Complicit in Silence

First 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 for me.

- Martin Niemöller, a prominent Lutheran pastor in Germany, sent to concentration camps for his opposition to Hitler.


haggadah Section: Bareich
Source: Martin Niemöller