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Thread #95037   Message #1844738
Posted By: eddie1
28-Sep-06 - 02:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Growing up in post-holocaust Germany
Subject: RE: BS: Growing up in post-holocaust Germany
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.

Pastor Martin Niemöller

I have often read these words and wondered – would I have had the courage to speak out? I'm rather ashamed of my deep down, real honest reply. Concentration camps were part of an up and running industry in Germany long.before the outbreak of WWII.

Thanks for your posting Wolfgang.

Eddie