First They Came for the Jews
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First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Pastor Niemoller
In 1958-59 when I lived in Salzburg, Austria as a student we went to the local ‘art’ movie theater to see films of the actual Nuremberg trials, and they were heart-wrenchingly unbelievable. The horror is impossible for me to express here. As we watched the trials, within the film a screen was dropped, and video evidence was given, a similar kind to that which you see in the opening of this film (below) only far more graphic.
All I keep thinking about today is the many citizens in my own country who because of their total unwillingness to even engage the possibility of the monstrousness of the crimes already committed against humanity by the secret United States government — and those soon to be committed if it is allowed — will have to go through what I watched many of the people in the audience at that theater experience. They were literally physically sick and had to leave the theater. They could not stifle their cries of anguish. Those of us who are aware need to prepare for what is about to happen to our fellow citizens so that we can perhaps be of help and support ..........
JEAN HAINES
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