First of all, they came to take the gypsies
and I was happy because they pilfered.
Then they came to take the Jews and I said nothing,
because they were unpleasant to me.
Then they came to take homosexuals,
and I was relieved, because they were annoying me.
Then they came to take the Communists,
and I said nothing because I was not a Communist.
One day they came to take me,
and there was nobody left to protest.
Bertold Brecht, inspired by Emil Gustav Friedrich Martin Niemöller
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), commonly known as Bertolt Brecht, was a German Marxist dramatist, stage director and poet. He is remembered for the Distancing effect practice in performing arts (known in German as Verfremdungseffekt or V-Effekt).
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Pen Names:
Berthold Larsen
Alternative Names:
Berŭtʻoltʻŭ Bŭrehitʻŭ
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Pertōl Pirekcṭ
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Mpertolt Mprecht
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Pu-lai-hsi-tʻe
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Pertōlṭ Pirekcṭ
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Perṭōlṭ Pireṣṭ
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Bertolt Breht
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Bert Brecht
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Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
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Bertholt Brecht
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Bertolʹd Brekht
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Bertolʹt Brekht
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Bertold Brecht
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Bŭrehitʻŭ
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Pei-tʻo-erh-tʻe Pu-lai-hsi-tʻe
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