Speech File Material: Passage by Martin Niemöller about Solidarity

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COULD IT HAPPEN HERE ?

In Nazi Germany . . . "First they arrested the Communists -- but I was not a Communist, so I did nothing. Then, they came for the Social Democrates -- but I was not a Social Democrat, and I did nothing. Then they arrested the Trade Unionists -- and I did nothing, because I was not one. Then they arrested the Jews -- and again I did nothing because I was not a Jew. And they they came for the Catholics, but I was not a Catholic and I did nothing. At last they came and arrested me -- and there was no one left to do anything about it." - MARTIN NIEMOELLER -1^{speech file}

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COULD IT HAPPEN HERE ?

In Nazi Germany . . . "First they arrested the Communists -- but I was not a Communist, so I did nothing. Then, they came for the Social Democrates -- but I was not a Social Democrat, and I did nothing. Then they arrested the Trade Unionists -- and I did nothing, because I was not one. Then they arrested the Jews -- and again I did nothing because I was not a Jew. And they they came for the Catholics, but I was not a Catholic and I did nothing. At last they came and arrested me -- and there was no one left to do anything about it." - MARTIN NIEMOELLER -1^{speech file}

Interes Us that day + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

COULD IT HAPPEN HERE ?

In Nazi Germany . . . "First they arrested the Communists -- but I was not a Communist, so I did nothing. Then, they came for the Social Democrates -- but I was not a Social Democrat, and I did nothing. Then they arrested the Trade Unionists -- and I did nothing, because I was not one. Then they arrested the Jews -- and again I did nothing because I was not a Jew. And they they came for the Catholics, but I was not a Catholic and I did nothing. At last they came and arrested me -- and there was no one left to do anything about it." - MARTIN NIEMOELLER -1^{speech file}