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A silhouetted visitor stands in front of a quote from Martin Niemöller installed on a wall. The quote reads, “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me. And there was no one left to speak for me."
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A silhouetted visitor stands in front of a quote from Martin Niemöller installed on a wall. The quote reads, “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me. And there was no one left to speak for me."
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A visitor reading the Martin Niemöller quotation
Three tall white concrete fence posts cast shadows against a gray wall with a block of lit text between them. The posts look aged and have holes running down the entire length, where wire used to be, with curved ends on the top.
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Auschwitz fence posts and Elie Wiesel quote on display at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Media Essay
Martin Niemöller
Pastor Martin Niemoeller
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Martin Niemöller: "First they came for..."
A watchtower and barracks at the Ohrdruf subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. [LCID: 15095]
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Ohrdruf
A view of the Buchenwald concentration camp after the liberation of the camp. [LCID: 11469]
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President Obama's Remarks at Buchenwald
Wall with quote in raised letters
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Quotation from Martin Niemöller
Thomas Buergenthal [LCID: wcttb004]
Oral History
Thomas Buergenthal discusses quote from Abel Herzberg
Visitors stand in front of the quotation from Martin Niemöller that is on display in the Permanent Exhibition of the United States ... [LCID: img4857]
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Museum visitors in front of the Martin Niemöller quotation
The "You Are My Witnesses" wall in the Hall of Witness at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. [LCID: n09376]
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"You Are My Witnesses"

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