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An updated 'First they came for' poem written on social media is worth remembering

Remember Niemoller's poem from Nazi Germany in the late 30's ... it's been updated for us ...

Nov 18, 2016 12:27pm AST by Walter Einenkel

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In the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum you can find this version of the famous poem written by Pastor Martin Niemöller about the cowardice of the intellectuals of his time in normalizing the Nazi Party’s rise in Germany in the 1930s.

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.

There have been numerous variations of this poem and last week Raphael Bob-Waksberg wrote this on his Twitter account.

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Raphael Bob-Waksberg @RaphaelBW

First he came for the Muslims, and I said "Guys, let's take a wait-and-see approach here."

12:09 PM - 10 Nov 2016

 
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Raphael Bob-Waksberg @RaphaelBW

First he came for the Muslims, and I said "Guys, let's take a wait-and-see approach here."

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Raphael Bob-Waksberg @RaphaelBW

Then he came for the Mexican Americans, and I said, "Let's not be sore losers just because the other guy won."