Quote by: Bertolt Brecht

First of all, they came to take the gypsies and I was happy because they pilfered. Then they came to take the Jews and I said nothing, because they were unpleasant to me. Then they came to take homosexuals, and I was relieved, because they were annoying me. Then they came to take the Communists, and I said nothing because I was not a Communist. One day they came to take me, and there was nobody left to protest. Bertold Brecht, inspired by Emil Gustav Friedrich Martin Niemöller


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Author Bio


  • NameBertolt Brecht
  • DescriptionGerman poet, playwright, and theatre director
  • BornFebruary 10, 1898
  • DiedAugust 14, 1956
  • CountryGermany; Austria; East Germany
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Lyricist; Screenwriter; Film Director; Poet; Writer; Librettist
  • WorksThe Threepenny Opera; Life Of Galileo; The Caucasian Chalk Circle
  • AwardsNational Prize Of East Germany