Original artwork, not a still
First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker recalls not protesting when communists were the first to be targeted, because they themselves were not communists. The opening line sets up a confession of complacency: staying silent while others are singled out feels safe only because the speaker assumes the threat belongs to someone else.
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