Get First They Came Poem Images. It is about the cowardice of german intellectuals and certain. poem by pastor martin niemöller.
~ then and now ~ i did not speak up.
Pastor martin niemoller's original intentions were not to write a poem, but to express his beliefs. First they came for the communists and i did not speak out. The following quotation was made by niemöller and published in 1950. Then they came for the trade unionists.