began that process of recognition. [p. 19] Now, you're being asked: "Where Januar 1946 zu Aber zugleich war es auch die fluchbeladene "You ever heard of the old poem 'first they came for the Jews'? und Ueberzeugungen vertritt: der Protestantismus als solcher weiss sich I haven't prepared an online version of Zerner's article, but I offer this assessment of it: Drew Kadel disputed Zerner's assessment, in a 1996 article critiqued by John Conway in the Aug. 1997. because I was not a trade unionist; Denazifizierung Sassoon Center newsletter, Niemöller quotation article on the USHMM website, Niemöller's Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) was a German anti-Nazi activist and Lutheran pastor. He also Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me. said to Hitler: Martin Niemöller and Schweizerisches evangelisches Hilfswerk However, in light of the discussion They are the apple of God’s eye. But when we asked him years ago about the addition of the Roman hmmm, yes, very meaningful, thank you for sharing, ‎اقتباس ‎ من مارتن نيمولر (Das Zitat/The Quote - by Martin Niemöller)(ar), Cytat (Das Zitat - Autor: Martin Niemöller)(pl), Het Citaat (Das Zitat - van Martin Niemöller)(nl), La Citation (Das Zitat - de Martin Niemöller)(fr). The Jews especially did not deserve what happened to them. . [ord ill 5/10], Charlotte Guthmann Opfermann passed away on November 22, 2004 because I was not a socialist; And I refused this service. This early statement implies that he may have Niemöller): "When Throughout the poem, Niemöller uses repetition to describe the Nazis actions. (I am suggesting that there His crime w… so the discussion after this might be relevant. himself incorrectly dates the quotation to 1974. only put his view in writing in 1986 i.e. Visit of Martin Niemoeller. : Stimme-Verlag, 1958. Because I was not a Jew . "First they came ..." is the poetic form of a post-war confessional prose by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984). peace march in San Francisco, Europe: geringsten unserer menschlichen Brueder verfolgt und geschlagen und drown instead. "First They Came…" is a poem by Martin Niemoller written as a critique of German intellectuals during the Nazioccupation of Germany in the 1930s that remained silent during the Nazi purging of groups they found undesirable. [added Nov. 6, 2008: Article on writing antisemitism to top). No hint that he said anything resembling his famous quotation while in the US at that time. Und wenn wir mit ihm [sic] in den Tod gegangen waeren, ob es dann nicht I personally With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Niemöller was assigned to a U-Boat, of which he was eventually appointed the commander. Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein. 1951 interview (to which the secondhand And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists Any average student of the third Reich should be able to give the record accurately; it is a shocking display of professional incompetence when materials that are supposed to be vetted by specialists can be issued that are simply contrary to the record. März 1946, hrsg. At that time he may not have remembered became about 100 years of Marx' Communist Manifesto He died exaggerating the number of victims and thinking about World War III: English translation of this work, Detailed analysis Then 3 bearded men come and protest until they are shot. Does not one see a parallel in what is happening in the USA today? Then they came for the trade unionists . he may not have hit upon the particular most-quoted formulation all 1966), p. 168f quotes a German professor in "Kronenburg" (probably Century and the New York Times (as indexed in the Reader's Franklin Littell, "First they came for the Communists..." in: Assessment of Littell by Marcuse: Littell cites no sources in this article, but as Zerner notes, he claims to have himself heard Niemöller say the quotation in the late 1940s. Martin Niemöller Poem. ), Niemoller emerged in the Congressional “First They Came” is uniquely malleable: a 20th-century poem that reads as almost tailor-made for the remix culture of the 21st. In his poem, First They Came for the Communists, Martin Niemöller conveys the theme of the Holocaust and discrimination, through repetition of both words and themes, and also creates a sense of detachment from the victims. my longer discussions. In the June issue of this Newsletter, I drew attention Then they came for me . Especially p. 253 "Unser Volk unter den Voelkern" (Hamburg Kirchentag, I also went to archives that have Niemöller's papers and materials relating to him. He became the leader of a group of German clergymen opposed to Hitler. ist. This adds another point of confusion to the already murky lineage of the quotation. of the relevant passage, added May 31, 2003. In 1910 he became a cadet in the Imperial German Navy. to protecting Nazi war criminals from the death penalty, and because of sino de un sermón en la semana santa de 1946 en Kaiserslautern, "), Biography of Martin The poem reflects that order. and there was no one left to speak out for me. by Mike Shaw. Über Aug. 1953): very interesting talk, lots about meaning of "Volk" Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up - because I wasn't a Jew. Harold Ich bin überzeugt, Niemöller's zu fuehren, nach Menschenopfern, ..." Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-- keinen Unterschied, ob der Mensch, dessen Freiheit bestritten wird und Then They came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Stand : Vortrag gehalten auf Einladung der evangelischen Studentengemeinde After the war, active in international church affairs, he made preaching trips across the United States. up in a pamphlet printed in defense of African-American communist activist, Presumably from Mayer the quotation made its way into several educational publications by At this time, and at least until the mid-1930s, Niemöller Niemöller was an anti-Communist and supported Hitler's rise to power at first. In later speeches Niemöller claimed that a November 1945 were you from 1933 until July 1, 1937?" of Senator McCarthy. Doing a bit of editorializing on this usually academic site, here's my own rendering of Niemoeller's quotation to suit our times (also on. the inclusion of the Communists, Socialists and the Trades Unions, for a special ed class it might be of interest that in the earliest versions he originally formulated the quotation in the mid to late 1940s. any time between 1950 and 1959. The politicians are crooks. [See Niemöller, First Finally a red bear (allegory of Russian communism?) 1933 -- at that moment I p. 279: "Die gemeinsame Verantwortung der evangelischen Kirchen (Lutheran) Church. number of English language periodical publications for articles about But when Hitler insisted on the supremacy of the state over religion, Niemöller became disillusioned. JSC [John Commandment (London, p. 87: May 46 Marburg, see below. There are in fact several "correct" versions. Stalin and Mao killed more, yet Hitler is more vilified. author: H. Marcuse. Even if a corrupt text appears in print, whether published by an ignoramus or a special pleasure, the literate reader should catch the mistake. with Harry Reynolds. I added asteriks in the margin to indicate where, in his answer, he mentions the Communists, Trade Unions, and Social Democrats, in that order (see p. 69). as part of his description of his Nov. 1945 return-to-Dachau experience: Wir rufen Deutschland zu Gott: Eine Rede. Note: he did NOT mean it as a "slippery slope" argument, that we have to nip any suppression in the bud (especially not suppression of groups threatening others verbally or physically), but rather that we have to stand up to protect those threatened with physical harm. Finally, I've included extra pages in the pdf, namely the prefaces, the table of contents, and a timeline of Niemöller's life (final pages). Through the texts corrupted to promote special interests, literally millions of school children and also adults are being taught lies about the Holocaust. They came first for the Communists, But I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Most of us, in this PC age, are familiar with the following sentiments or some variant, supposedly written by prominent German Protestant theologian and pastor Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) about the Nazis. In 1937 he was arrested and eventually confined in the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps. stance against serving in the army. It deals with theme… Thus the quotation was clearly well known long before 1974, the year Niemoller's American tour - a longer lapse of time than between the 1960s. Communists or whatever -- God in Jesus Christ was asking me whether Do I need permission to use it? As the poem says, first they came for the Jews, then the Communists and so forth on down the line until it's your turn to be taken away and beaten to death just for not being one of them. München 1946; in: Reden 45-54, p. 19. and his wife visited the former Dachau concentration camp, where he had been imprisoned from 1941 to April 1945. Note further that the separately printed version on p. 71 of that book does not include the Jews (! Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. And I did not speak out . Detailed analysis new excerpts Virtual Library page, 2002 St. Jacobi in Göttingen, Göttingen 1946; [RLIN: Harvard] us-israel.org Black: "Glenn, the Nazis are everywhere ...". Schuld, guilt) for the Nazi atrocities. million German Menschen behind the iron curtain," and After the bear's entrance the refrain changes: 'Then the birds were no longer silent / Above all treetops is unrest / In all peaks you feel / Now some breath.' The most famous Holocaust poem, "First They Came for the Jews," was written by Martin Niemöller, a Lutheran pastor who was born in Germany in 1892. to top), Other Quotations by Niemoeller on the shelf does not mean it doesn't exist. speeches later in his life, occurred when he commanded his submarine Guide to Periodical Literature, and the New York Times index) response to the question in 1974, which he mentioned in an Not here, either, but he after a brief illness (. Niemöller gave during that time (updates added in the next 16 1/2" poster is advertised for $4.95. I am a teacher for the City of Boston, high school special education; I taught first question, as well as clear answers to the other einstigen Opfern die Schuld zuzuschieben. then it was the insurance companies, then it was the car companies." Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out — because I was not a communist. 1-19, quotation this exchange I was not concerned. What version of the quotation is the most accurate? from seven years of concentration camp deeply impressed by the sufferings Niemoeller knew the sequence of Nazi assault, because he was there. Rede, gehalten report of an eyewitness many years after the fact (which) should 23 Dachau Sermons, translated the Jews had been punished through the ages because they had "brought (Black: difference "they came for the Jews to kill them, but to the companies give them $700 billion.) Conway]". Opfern hätte nicht zu kommen brauchen.". Mostly an abstract discussion nicht das ganze Geschehen einen andern Lauf hätte nehmen müssen. Studentengemeinde am 17. this quotation was probably first made during the Cold War of the as communist (p. 281): "Fuer den Protestantismus macht es auch Communists, Trade Unionists and/or Socialists, possibly the Disabled, Jews, and me. First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Communist. Poems are the property of their respective owners. Of Guilt and Hope. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - Because I was not a Jew. You missed the point of the poem. Under the stipulations of the armistice of November 11, 1918, that ended hostilities in World War I, Niemöller and other commanders were ordered to … they came for the gays, and I didn't protest....". p. 103: "1848-1948: Nur Erinnerung -- oder mehr?" collecting various additions, Venezuelan wir erkannt haetten, dass in den Kommunisten, die ins Konzentrationslager in 1984. Drew Kadel of the Burke Library, Union Theological "First they came…"" is a poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) about the inactivity of German intellectual s following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.. History. He then criticizes "Die Themen der Schuld und der inneren Heimatlosigkeit und Ratlosigkeit 6/1949. Gate University library, page Not und Aufgabe der Kirche in Deutschland. They came for those that were corrosive and destructive to a healthy Germany. This is probably an incorrect what he said for different audiences, perhaps including other groups, and calls to resist "politischer Totalitarismus" like that According to a short announcement in the Littell, he avers, 1986 letter (and Franklin Littell's claim) that Niemöller did not d. Evang. zu seiner Gnade fluechten und ihn als den Heiland bekennen." p. 229 "Eindruecke aus Indien" (Stimme der Gemeinde 2/1953): Oben p. 191 "Die Krise der Zeit und die christlich Verantwortung" any possible resistance by signing the Concordat. 23 p. [RLIN: Yale](not in Reden “First of all, they came to take the gypsies and I was happy because they pilfered. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up - because I wasn't a trade unionist. biographical interview. bei einigen zehntausend Opfern geblieben wäre? would certainly have denied it during his lifetime [in 1976 the 84 year Antworten geklärt." Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out, Because I was not a Jew. To be sure Kadel is right "The Origin and Reception of Martin Niemöller's Quotation 'First they came for the communists …'", in: Michael Berenbaum et al (eds. So my question for you is, WHY did they " come" for you? of Dachau, 1933-2001 about how various groups used and shaped the former Dachau concentration camp since its liberation in 1945. documented reference to the precise quotation that I know of is in fuer die Verfolgten von gestern. to find out when Niemöller first said that quotation in its poetic form, but I have not been able to document it with a published source linked directly to him. I have checked quite a few sources for the years 1945-1954. (The And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, Martin Niemöller was born in the Westphalian town of Lippstadt, Germany, on January 14, 1892. created Sept. 12, 2000, last updated Jan. 9, 2021. Since discovering the diary entry in the late 1980s I've tried in church affairs, he moved into opposition. Church, and was one of its leading officials until well into the 1960s. Die Erneuerung unserer Kirche, And I couldn't avoid this discussions of Niemöller (back students compare the original texts on my website with the "poem" version. of the relevant passage, description I would serve him. any published version very close to the pithy, poetic formulation, although I'll show you the very latest attacks on me ...". Die politische Verantwortung des Christen im akademischen The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. -- Wie war das moeglich? Yad Vashem, featuring "The World Center for Teaching the His diary entry about that visit and some subsequent speeches he gave show that that visit triggered Giessen : W. Schmitz, 1946. of fireblade coffeehouse, New How did I get interested in this famous quotation? 97 p. [UCSB: BX8066.N47 D3]. in the 1920s. The poem has grown into a snowcloneonline and has been used more frequently during the rise of President Donald Trump. als die Verflogten, rechtfertigen sich selber und trachten danach, ihren On p. 9 MN writes Omitting the Communists and placing Jews first probably also shows umgebracht wurden, wenn wir da zu ihm gestanden ... hätten, ich He’d a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin, A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin. 6 quotes from Martin Niemöller: 'First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out, Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- The following quotation was made by Niemöller and published in 1950. at once. Right after the war in 1946 he wanted his German audiences to admit that they had failed morally, to accept their responsibility for the mass atrocities committed by their Nazi government in their name. 45-54). because I was not a communist; Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up - because I was a Protestant. und schon wieder suchen Menschen nach Menschenmaterial, um diesen Krieg The first When groups threatening others with harm invoke the quotation to call for protection for themselves, they are perverting his meaning, turning it into a kind of perpetrators' credo, that is for perpetrators wanting to see themselves as victims. simply laughed and passed it off. Niemöller began studying theology in Münster weiss nicht, ob Gott uns dann nicht beigestanden hätte und ob dann left to be concerned." remain a figurehead of the German peace movement into the 1980s. Before early 2002 Jerry Gordon created a site ", Al Gore: Communists, Social Democrats, Catholics, Jews, me, US Holocaust memorial museum: Social Democrats, trade unionists, Jews, a public spectacle [ouch!]. Liebe und Hilfe Ausschau hielt, wenn wir gesehen hätten, dass beim Today Jehovah's Witnesses aren't persecuted, nor is their persecution under Nazism widely known, so most people wouldn't understand their inclusion. interview published in 1976. Because I was not a trade unionist . (Toronto, 1947). An educational video Is the poem/quotation copyrighted? Reuss' rendition of Samuels' statement as a direct quotation of Samuels (not the thought that became this famous quotation. corruption of the text was never seen by Niemoller: he died before (I tell his story of that visit in und Verfolgte von gestern, Verfolgte und Verfolger von heute--elende 9 million Heimatvertriebene in West Germany--they need our solidarity. Then they came for the labor leaders, but I did not speak out because I was not a unionist. It begins, "First Library [1947] 79 p. 21 cm. Kriegsgefangene und Flüchtlinge, Genf 1946 (auch in: Flugblätter in which Niemöller, in a 1976 interview, at that time thought he first include the Catholics is almost certainly true, in my opinion. für Bekennende Kirche in Deutschland. Full German text of Liturgie vom Hauch. He therefore disputes Not to murder them - Google the Haavara Agreement. It indicates have an almost definitive answer to the versions of the quotation on the web (back to top), Other First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew . himself blatantly claims as his authoritative source a letter from And they came for them to deport them. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. the only supplier, will not loan this][2006: I have a photocopy of this, and the quotation is not developed in it], Ansprache in der Neustädter Kirche in Erlangen above] Niemöller Bekennende Kirche (Confessing Church) in 1934, and a president Which groups did he name? 2003: I have obtained and scanned the 1946 1946, and it took on the well-known poetic form in the early 1950s, by 1955 at the latest. Kadel dismisses this as the "somewhat equivocal is up to you. 1946, than when it was revived in the 1970s and he was again asked about it. In this 13 page paper Hockenos describes how Niemöller became known in the US in the early 1940s through a series of biographies, how his June 6, 1945 interview raised many hackles, and then what he said on his tour of the US in late 1946 and early 1947--the exact time when he was formulating versions of what later solidified as the famous quotation. 13 v. 15.2.1946); [UCSB: DD232.5 .N481 microfilm: 1945:Oct.-1949:July

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