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New England Holocaust Memorial, Boston.

Holokaustin (shoah) muistopäivän (25.4.) kunniaksi pastori Martin Niemöllerin sanat:

THEY CAME FIRST for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

THEN THEY CAME for Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

THEN THEY CAME for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

THEN THEY CAME for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.

THEN THEY CAME for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.

Tämä on edelleen totta. Jos emme tee mitään sille, että jotain sorretaan, joutuu sorron kohteeksi joku toinenkin. Kun pahalle antaa tilaa, haluaa se sitä lisää. Siksi kaikkien ihmisoikeudesta huolehtiminen on niin tärkeää.