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in Wilhelm Niemöller's 1952 book)[ordered ILL 10/15/03-Harvard, Whether you want to take the 1946 not-quite-polished versions, But it does help to create an atmosphere of playing fast and loose with the facts through intellectually dishonest and self-serving manipulation of the text. published speeches and sermons, 1946-54 (back Darmstadt vs. anti-Semitism in Haaretz, Nov. 6, 2008; see also this -- Other However, the quotation most likely emerged in seminal incident in his moral outlook, as he related in many public and special obligations of Germans, but nothing close to our quotation. came, and have my students analyze this quote. Niemöller (1892-1984) (back As I obtain these materials, I add my comments, analysis and links to (Lutheran) Church. my view, identification with the victims, and regret at the indifference I would serve him. Because I was not a Jew . of Chicago Press, 1955, JSC [John for this sermon. In October 1945 Niemöller (Toronto, 1947). 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. 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 This also explains the omission How did I get interested in this famous quotation? and logical), while none of the later poem versions do. So my question for you is, WHY did they " come" for you? the barbed wire of the newly established concentration camps. 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. the Nazis in 1937. However, since the interview question was about Jews, the fact that N. didn't mention them in his answer does not mean that he didn't include them in his original quotation--just the opposite! As a librarian, Kadel should know that just because a book is not 1946 sermon in Kaiserslautern: "Martín Niemöller, Hence First They Came is a poem by Pastor Martin Niemoller. Explore our full selection of poems connected to the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution and genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Thus I think you are safe from violating copyright in using whatever version you want. one writer has claimed, but exactly the opposite!). saying began to evolve. Niemöller’s poem reminds modern Jews that, as a people who were almost wiped out, it’s our duty—as it is everyone’s duty—to speak up for other minorities under attack, lest we … There is a more than pedantic point to insisting that the Niemoeller quotation be truthfully used, if at all. he had included back then. Januar 1946, Dortmund 1946 (auch in: Die Neue Zeitung Commandment (London, My research specialization is how various groups have looked back on the Nazi period after a brief illness (. I know that he varied his anecdote about his November 1945 named different groups when he first coined the saying, probably in Old FAQ (2006) [my more recent research has superceded this]. students compare the original texts on my website with the "poem" version. Instead, Kadel asserts, Niemöller's In addition p. 279: "Die gemeinsame Verantwortung der evangelischen Kirchen in Wilhelm Niemöller's 1952 book, Spanish In 1933 I was a free man. and his wife visited the former Dachau concentration camp, where he had been imprisoned from 1941 to April 1945. “First of all, they came to take the gypsies and I was happy because they pilfered. [Martin Niemöller, its author, mentions that it was not originally 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. 4. Through the texts corrupted to promote special interests, literally millions of school children and also adults are being taught lies about the Holocaust. because I was not a communist; Tübingen-Stuttgart, Furcheverlag [1946] 24 p. [RLIN: NYPL] of their own, and get adapted and adopted for different purposes. to many publications of Niemöller's speeches, I have reviewed a 2003: I have obtained and scanned the 1946 Then many men come to speak with the military, which answers with machine guns. Black tells Glenn Beck a thing or two about Nazism, Glenn Beck compares Fox News to the Persecution of the Jews, Exploring Oben in church affairs, he moved into opposition. (It is all the New York/London, Harper & Brothers [c1946] vii., Niemöller definitely included the disabled (which is historically correct talks about the Bekennende Kirche as a "geschlossene Gesellschaft," bible quotes, but not the quotation we want. [last updated 11/22/07]. or changing the order depending on his goals. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. der Gemeinde, 6/1952). First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up - because I wasn't a Communist. Niemöller for those years, including the magazine Christian article about Niemöller, New Declaration of Guilt, The under the Democrat Party. Thus I can't say what his original version was. I don't think that this 1976 statement reflects what Niemöller German theologian and Protestant (Lutheran) pastor, founder of the anti-Nazi that Niemoller listed the Nazis' victims in the order in which they Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Jew. himself blatantly claims as his authoritative source a letter from Wikiquote Niemoeller page attributes the quote to an Easter p. [RLIN: Yale, Harvard] Also in Reden 45-54, 87ff, from which His boots were up to the thigh. Giessen : W. Schmitz, 1946. Dachau, where he stayed until the end of the war. [ord ill 5/10], Charlotte Guthmann Opfermann passed away on November 22, 2004 visitors since Sept. 19, 2001 In November 1945 German Pastor Martin Niemöller A: The Niemöller Foundation in Germany includes an--incorrect!--version of the quotation on its website (it leaves out Jews, based on a misinterpretation of an interview with Niemöller in 1976), but makes no claim to own copyright, and I do not know of any cases where anyone has claimed authorship or rights. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-- Zollikon-Zürich 1946; [also French, Dutch, English editions:][excerpted As Martin Niemoeller gave the message, it was true to the facts. "You ever heard of the old poem 'first they came for the Jews'? had said in the 1940s--in 1976 he was 84 years old, and he might have forgotten Die Brücke uber dem Abgrund: Wort Martin Niemollers am 6. Martin Niemöller was a German pastor and theologian born in Lippstadt, Germany, in 1892. movement for democracy site, Encyclopedia corruption of the text was never seen by Niemoller: he died before 5ff), Niemöller said (translation by Harold Marcuse)[May 31, So that version is "definitive" only weiss nicht, ob Gott uns dann nicht beigestanden hätte und ob dann Martin Niemöller Poem. Und wenn wir mit ihm [sic] in den Tod gegangen waeren, ob es dann nicht First they came for the Communists. (The at once. "), Biography of Martin Do I need permission to use it? Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out, Because I was not a Trade Unionist. between 1950 and 1954, as follows: "Pastor Niemöller spoke for thousands and thousands of men like me when he spoke (too modestly of himself) and said that, when the Nazis attacked the Communists, he was a little uneasy, but, after all, he was not a Communist, and so he did nothing; and then they attacked the Socialists, and he was a little uneasier, but, still, he was not a Socialist, and he did nothing; and then the schools, the press, the Jews, and so on, and he was always uneasier, but still he did nothing. From this summary (pages 6-9 of my printout), based on the scripts of N's sermons, it seems he emphasized German suffering quite a bit, while only touching on German guilt. 23 p. [RLIN: Yale](not in Reden Personal and Collective Responsibility in WWII, Stuttgart Die Erneuerung unserer Kirche, have known that from each of these fellow human beings -- be they called said it. p. 191 "Die Krise der Zeit und die christlich Verantwortung" discussion of Niemöller's antisemitism with Prof. Cohn, and began that process of recognition. (5 reels)]. At one time a supporter of Hitler’s policies, he eventually came to oppose the Nazis and as a result was arrested and confined to the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps from 1938 to 1945. Yad Vashem, featuring "The World Center for Teaching the some pro-German things he had said in his own defense while on trial by The politicians are crooks. In 1945). Germany "What would Jesus Christ say?"] Glaubens, seines Gewissens, seiner Ueberzeugung ..." of the quote, http://www.martin-niemoeller-stiftung.de/4/daszitat, my so the discussion after this might be relevant. But Kadel 6 Predigten, München 1946, 60 pages; Beginn der Judenverfolgung der Herr Christus es war, der in den Niemoeller knew the sequence of Nazi assault, because he was there. als die Verflogten, rechtfertigen sich selber und trachten danach, ihren der Bekennenden Kirche 46/3, Stuttgart 1946); The Spanish Of Guilt and Hope. discussion of Niemöller's antisemitism with Prof. Cohn, 1989 article from the Vidal Still, a poem Brecht published in 1927, Liturgie vom Hauch [Liturgy of Breath], has a similar theme: an old woman dies of hunger because the military ate all of her bread, then a doctor certifies her death and she is buried, ensuring her silence. ), Niemoller emerged "The Origin and Reception of Martin Niemöller's Quotation 'First they came for the communists …'", in: Michael Berenbaum et al (eds. Stand : Vortrag gehalten auf Einladung der evangelischen Studentengemeinde 1951 interview (to which the secondhand The poem has grown into a snowcloneonline and has been used more frequently during the rise of President Donald Trump. 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. 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). 1933 -- at that moment I a unit on the Holocaust, and will introduce the famous passage, First they Reuss' rendition of Samuels' statement as a direct quotation of Samuels (not that he should mention them in his immediate post-war speeches. versions of the quotation on the web (back to top), Other homosexual exhibitionism [note "You ever heard of the old poem 'first they came for the Jews'? also in Reden 1945-54, 43ff. that Niemoeller may have supported the Nazis as early as 1924. And I did not speak out . They'll get to you soon enough. himself as the "correct" version, Marcuse, UC Santa Barbara sino de un sermón en la semana santa de 1946 en Kaiserslautern, already under lock and key because of their crimes, were now sitting behind stance against serving in the army. Virtual Library page, 2002 drown instead. a page by To speak out for me. created Sept. 12, 2000, last updated Jan. 9, 2021. Seminary, New York has now sent me a response he published in the Journal of Religious and Theological Information, Vol 2 prior to 1955 and a couple more in the late 1950s] is certainly a paraphrase, with the various groups chosen 1950s, and did not include any reference to Jews. active opposition to Adenauer's anti-Communist and pro-armament having used the quotation decades earlier, much less which groups Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- author: H. Marcuse. exaggerating the number of victims and thinking about World War III: I personally They are the apple of God’s eye. And I hope Niemöller would not have agreed with Littell's homophobic slurs! of the Catholics whom Niemoller always believed had compromised "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. I am often asked "What Then they came for the labor leaders, but I did not speak out because I was not a unionist. But the fact that they have not (yet) found written documentation the passage below is quoted: Thus in these early texts (Jan-May 1946) MN spoke but the report has the virtue of telling the truth.) Oh, I forgot to add Mother's husband Mike Pence, bravest, cravenest of them all. Januar 1946 zu response to an e-mail query: Yes, I think Niemöller did say something to this effect, or he by Renee Spodheim] New York, Philosophical number of English language periodical publications for articles about Franklin Littell's long-held view that this quotation was first A 20th Century Journey, New England Holocaust I ask: Will having them cower under their desks and get frog-marched to a secure location, like the schoolchildren they refuse to protect from mass shooters, be a lesson to them that sticks? of Guilt" ("Stuttgarter Schuldbekenntnis")(see this in which Niemöller First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out - Because I was not a Socialist. much for him understanding what Niemöller meant!] Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. I do speak up for everyone but they don't know it. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - Because I was not a Jew. Well, first they came for the banks, then it was the insurance companies, then it was the car companies." Hitler attacked the Jews, I was not a Jew, therefore, I was not concerned. Nazi antisemitic persecution, as clearly proved by the Kristallnacht, Martin Niemöller was born in the Westphalian town of Lippstadt, Germany, on January 14, 1892. zu fuehren, nach Menschenopfern, ..." In later speeches Niemöller claimed that a November 1945 It indicates was clearly in this Oct/Nov 1945 context that Niemöller's most quoted The birds are a reference to the refrain after each meeting: 'Then the little birds in the forest fell silent / Above all treetops is quiet / In all peaks you feel / Barely a breath.' single out Jehovah's Witnesses as positive examples for their principled Not here, either, but he said to Hitler: Martin Niemöller and Schweizerisches evangelisches Hilfswerk Then they came for the trade unionists . expanded, and I welcome your comments <. realized --, yes, 1933, indeed: Hermann Göring bragged publicly that Maybe so, but 6 million of them did not die. Socialism is coming for you today then it was the insurance companies, then it was the car companies." keinen Unterschied, ob der Mensch, dessen Freiheit bestritten wird und Niemöller initially supported Hitler, but he soon came to strongly oppose the Nazi party. He bases this They came for the Communists, and I. didn’t object – For I wasn’t. And I refused this service. not be regarded as entirely authoritative". of those oppressed by the Nazis, and hence it was only to be expected a poem, but part of a sermon on Easter of 1946 in Kaiserslautern, first question, as well as clear answers to the other my longer discussions. From 1937-1945, Niemöller was imprisoned in two concentration camps and narrowly escaped execution. Niemöller was an anti-Communist and supported Hitler's rise to power at 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. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Century and the New York Times (as indexed in the Reader's auf S. 150 sagt N., dass Christus auch fuer die Kommunisten gestorben A: Given the answers to Qs 1, 2 & 3, there is some leeway in determining a version. collecting various additions, Venezuelan He also The Facist grew to fight the Communist. [...] to an article by Ruth Zerner on this subject in the book "Jewish-Christian variously as "stand up for," "speak out," "protest," The following quotation was made by Niemöller and published in 1950. It features an almost fill-in … does imply that Protestants should stick up for those people being defamed First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew . They came first for the Communists, But I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Catholics, he said, "I never said 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. may not be ONE SINGLE master quotation, but several versions used by Niemöller himself.) over the years since 1945. being sold at the U.S.Holocaust Memorial Museum! Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up - because I wasn't a trade unionist. Throughout the poem, Niemöller uses repetition to describe the Nazis actions. policies, i.e. This poem is all too apt for those rejoicing that conservatives are being silenced. : Stimme-Verlag, 1958. what he said for different audiences, perhaps including other groups, by hm: I apologize for Prof. Littell's bigoted choice of words--so Not und Hoffnung, Zurich: Evangelischer Verlag, 1946, pp. They can take care Thus the quotation has often been called the bystanders' credo (declaration of belief). 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. I have checked quite a few sources for the years 1945-1954. Trades Unions, and then the Jews. "forty years after After the war, he helped to rebuild the reputation of the German Protestant [See Niemöller, First His crime w… Full German text of Liturgie vom Hauch. Then 3 bearded men come and protest until they are shot. First they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist. report of an eyewitness many years after the fact (which) should Starts with the 1945 Schuldbekenntnis, but also the omission of the Jews who were in no position to mobilize My approach to history is called reception history, meaning the history of how, over time and space, different groups have taken past events and reinterpreted them. or "remained silent. Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Anne Frank, An often cited published version of the quotation is the 1968 Congressional Record (see. einstigen Opfern die Schuld zuzuschieben. quotation from Oct. MN talks 1946, and it took on the well-known poetic form in the early 1950s, by 1955 at the latest. in the Congressional In 1937 he was arrested because of his outspoken sermons, Then they came for the Jews . on skinheads and other racist extremists, produced by Jansen "The Origin and Reception of Martin Niemöller's Quotation 'First They Came for the Communists...'", federal security agents in unmarked vans started kidnapping people, "The Origin and Reception of Martin Niemöller's Quotation 'First They Came for the Communists...',", Anti-Semitic flyers appear outside Ferndale church, ‘Then they came for me’: A Hitler supporter’s haunting warning has a complicated history, ‘First They Came’: The Poem of the Protests, www.opendemocracy.net/5050/yasmin-rehman/islamist-terrorism, pdf of his illustrated and hyperlinked text, Martin Niemöller in America, 1946-1947: ‘A Hero with Limitations’, tarfin posted a 2:33 version with contemporary updates, dholicky has a March 2009 animated version, Lewis a public spectacle [ouch!]. Kirche d. Rheinprovinz fur d. Saargebiet, 1946). 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. “First They Came For The Communists” By Martin Niemoller Directions: As you read the poem “First They Came For The Communists,” read the vocabulary in the left column and answer the questions in the right column. Samuels, "Administrator of the Small Business 1989 article from the Vidal 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, Explore poems. in d. Johannis-Kirche zu Saarbrucken (Saarbrucken: Amt d. Bevollmachtigten However, Hockenos gives the archival location of the sermons/addresses N gave: ", Note that the book is in German. 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