Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Trade Unionist. The words above are displayed at the United States Holocaust Museum. (Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post)But the lineage of those words is more complicated, beginning with Martin Niemöller, the German Protestant pastor who originally spoke them. Niemöller supported Adolf Hitler and Jewish hatred — until he was sent to a concentration camp. His beliefs found their way into his calling, according to a Holocaust Museum biography:Niemöller’s sermons reflected his strong nationalist sentiment.

Source: Washington Post August 19, 2017 10:52 UTC