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THEN THEY CAME FOR ME - MATTHEW D HOCKENOS GEBU...

First they came for the Communists  and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Communist...
Few today recognize the name Martin Niem?ller  though many know his famous confession. In Then
They Came for Me  Matthew Hockenos traces Niem?ller's evolution from a Nazi supporter to a
determined opponent of Hitler  revealing him to be a more complicated figure than previously
understood. Born into a traditionalist Prussian family  Niem?ller welcomed Hitler's rise to
power as an opportunity for national rebirth. Yet when the regime attempted to seize control of
the Protestant Church  he helped lead the opposition and was soon arrested. After spending the
war in concentration camps  Niem?ller emerged a controversial figure: to his supporters he was
a modern Luther  while his critics  including President Harry Truman  saw him as an unrepentant
nationalist. A nuanced portrait of courage in the face of evil  Then They Came for Me puts the
question to us today: What would I have done?

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