Letter to the Editor
… American Law?
From the Apr 29, 2025 e-EditionMartin Niemöller (1892–1984) was a Lutheran Pastor who lived in Nazi Germany. He opposed the Nazi regime during the late 1930s, and was sent to a concentration camp for his affiliation with the Confessing Church. In 1946 after his release from the concentration camp he published the following statement.
“First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.”
Should we as Americans now in April 2025, speak up for our brothers and sisters who are being deported to horrible foreign prisons without the assumption of innocence and without the due process of American law?
Roger C. Johnson, Ph.D.
McKenzie, Tennessee
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