First they came for the Communists…
Then they came for the Socialists…
Then they came for the trade unionists…
Then they came for the Jews…
Then they came for me…
The poem starts with “first they came for the communists”, but by the time they actually came for the communists they had already started hunting down disabled and queer people. One of the first things they did was burn down the Institute of Sexology, but you never hear about it. By the time they come for the communists, it’s too late.
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The poem starts with “first they came for the communists”, but by the time they actually came for the communists they had already started hunting down disabled and queer people. One of the first things they did was burn down the Institute of Sexology, but you never hear about it. By the time they come for the communists, it’s too late.
Same thing is happening today.