need help with they came for the jews quote years ago i grabbed the following from the net maybe from this newsgroup does anyone know of a source for whether this is an accurate quote thanks bartletts leaves out the homosexual lines but they were one of the groups the nazis tried to exterminate 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 homosexuals and i didn t speak up because i wasn t a homosexual then they came for the catholics and i didn t speak up because i was a protestant then they came for me but by that time there was no one left to speak up pastor martin neimoller
