(1892\u20131984), was a German submarine captain in World War I; studied theology at Munster; was a pastor at Dahlheim; formed the Pastor\u2019s Emergency League to protest the Nazi government; was arrested in 1937; and spent 7 years in concentration camps. He helped to rebuild the Evangelical church in Europe after World War II and served as the president of the World Council of Churches, 1961\u201368.<\/p>\n
As a citizen in Germany during the Nazi regime, Martin Niemoeller wrote:<\/p>\n
In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn\u2019t speak up because I wasn\u2019t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn\u2019t speak up because I wasn\u2019t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn\u2019t speak up because I wasn\u2019t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn\u2019t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.3482<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(1892\u20131984), was a German submarine captain in World War I; studied theology at Munster; was a pastor at Dahlheim; formed the Pastor\u2019s Emergency League to protest the Nazi government; was arrested in 1937; and spent 7 years in concentration camps. He helped to rebuild the Evangelical church in Europe after World War II and served … Continue reading “NIEMOELLER,
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