这是美国波士顿犹太人屠杀纪念碑上由马丁·尼莫拉牧师撰写的铭文碑刻的诗。
They came first 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 the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak for me.
——Martin Niemoller, 1945
在德国,起初纳粹追杀共产主义者,我没有说话,因为我不是共产主义者;
接着纳粹追杀犹太人,我没有说话,因为我不是犹太人;
后来纳粹追杀工会成员,我没有说话,因为我不是工会成员;
此后纳粹追杀天主教徒,我没有说话,因为我是新教教徒;
最后他们奔我而来,却再也没有人为我站出来了。 |