First They Came For The Socialist Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me.

First they came for the socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists and i did not speak out because i was not a trade unionist. First they came for the socialists and i did not speak out because i was not a socialist. First they came for the socialists and i did not speak out because i was not a socialist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me. Then they came for the jews and i did not speak out because i was not a jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and i did not speak out. Is the poetic form of a prose post war confession first made in german in 1946 by the german lutheran pastor martin niemöller 1892 1984. Then they came for the jews and i did not speak out because i was not a jew. 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.