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Was reading an article by Lasantha-wickramatunga who was editor of Sunday Leader –Sri Lanka; this was the last editorial before his assassination
He concludes the editorial with the following poem
There was one a German religious philosopher Martin Nei Muller; he was against jews;
He was a supporter of Hitler in his youth; herealised that Hitler was against anybody who even thought against him and not only destroying Nazis; he was captured in 1937 and tortured for 8 years and killed in 1945
Before his death he wrote a poem
This I read in my mother tongue Tamil; it was very realistic and wonderful
I am giving my translation in English
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They came to capture jews
I did not open my mouth
Because
I was not a Jew
They came to capture communists
I did not open my mouth
Because
I was not a communist
Then
They came to capture the trade unionists
I did not open my mouth
Because
I was not a trade unionist
Finally
They came to capture me
That time
There was nobody
To speak
For me!
26 8 09
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem