Martin Niemöller: First They Came | magenta on black | Basic T-Shirt

First 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 left To speak out for me

Martin Niemöller — “First They Came” poem
German pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) penned his haunting confession “First They Came” after witnessing the rise of Nazism and his own silence during its early years. Imprisoned for opposing Hitler, Niemöller later became a powerful voice for moral accountability and resistance to tyranny. His words remain a timeless warning against indifference — a reminder that injustice anywhere thrives when conscience is quiet.

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