起初他们追杀共产主义者

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起初他们追杀共产主义者,
    我不是共产主义者,我不说话;
    接着他们追杀犹太人,
    我不是犹太人,我不说话;
    此后他们追杀工会成员,
    我不是工会成员,我继续不说话;
    再后来他们追杀天主教徒,
    我不是天主教徒,我还是不说话;
    最后,他们奔我而来,再也没有人站起来为我说话了。
    ——马丁·尼莫拉牧师,德国人。
波士顿犹太人大屠杀纪念碑铭文。1945年。

原文:   
  In Germany they first came for the Communists,
  and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
  Then they came for the Jews,
  and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
  Then they came for the trade unionists,
  and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
  Then they came for the Catholics,
  and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
  Then they came for me -
  and by that time no one was left to speak up.
  
  -- Pastor Martin Niemöller