In "First they came for...", Niemöller expands on Walt Whitman's theme of "I Sit and Look Out," emphasizing the perils of being silent in the face of injustice and suffering.
In "First They Came," Niemöller explains why he didn't speak up when the Nazis seized control and began slaughtering their targets one by one.
The notion is continued in Whitman's poem "I Sit and Look Out."
In his work, the poet admits to sitting and seeing all of the world's aches and miseries.
As a result, the two poems show that being silent in the face of injustice, tyranny, and sorrow is dangerous and can worsen the situation.
Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) was a well-known German Lutheran priest. He became a vocal opponent of Adolf Hitler and spent the final seven years of Nazi tyranny in concentration camps.
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out..." is possibly his most famous postwar remark.
Niemöller's renowned phrases are still utilized in popular culture and public dialogue today, with variations reflecting different concerns.
The quotation is available in several variations. These exist because Niemöller used them in a variety of settings including spontaneous addresses.
The quotation and variations emphasize Niemöller's opinion that Germans were implicated in the Nazi imprisonment, persecution, and murder of millions of people by their silence.
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