What is Martin Niemöller?
[[File:Martin Niemöller (1952).jpg|thumb|Martin Niemöller (1952)]] '''Emil Gustav Emile Friedrich Martin Niemöller''' (14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984) was an Evangelical [[Germans|German]] [[pastor]] who opposed the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]]s. At first he supported [[Hitler]], but when Nazis tried to control the churches he helped to form the Confessing Church, an association of anti-Nazi churches. Because of his beliefs, he was imprisoned in [[concentration camp]]s, and almost got [[execution|executed]]. Niemöller is best known because he wrote the poem ''[[First they came...]]''. He was born in [[Lippstadt]]. He died in [[Wiesbaden]], aged 92. == References == * [http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007391 Martin Niemöller: Biography on United States Holocaust Memorial Museum] {{wikiquote|en|Martin Niemöller}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Niemoller, Martin}} [[Category:1892 births]] [[Category:1984 deaths]] [[Category:German Lutheran pastors]] [[Category:German military personnel of World War I]] [[Category:German people of World War II]] [[Category:German poets]] [[Category:German prisoners]] [[Category:German theologians]] [[Category:Holocaust survivors]] [[Category:Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] [[Category:People from North Rhine-Westphalia]]