Niemöller
Britishnoun
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Niemöller was a Christian minister who didn’t speak out about Nazism, originally embraced Nazism.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2023
At first, these seemed problematic to many Americans, but, like Pastor Niemöller, it only affected a small minority of us and typically did so in ways that weren't particularly public.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2022
And he goes on to quote First They Came …, one of the most famous poems about the Holocaust, by Pastor Martin Niemöller, who was imprisoned in a concentration camp.
From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2020
The poem “First they came” by German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller, who wrote about the failure of the German people to stand up to Hitler, comes to mind:
From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2018
He then quoted the famous poem by Protestant pastor Martin Niemöller that begins, “First they came for the Socialists.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2017
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