Posted by: Edoardo Grimoldi
First of all they came to take the jipsies
and I was happy, because they were petty thieves.
They then came to take the jews,
and I remained silent, because I didn't like them.
They then came to take the homosexuals,
and I felt relieved, because I found them irritating.
They then came to take the communists,
but I said nothing, for I wasn't a communist.
One day they came to take me,
and there was no one left to protest.

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Posted by: Edoardo Grimoldi
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This paraphrase of Martin Niem?ller poem "First they came ..." is often wrongly attributed to Bertolt Brecht.

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