SCOUT· 60%1h 05m·2026-10-01·Arts CulturePart Two: Martin Niemöller, the author of 'First They Came', was a murderous fascist
Robert discusses Martin's activities after the war, which included executing unarmed socialists. Then he became a pro-Nazi pastor and was shocked when the Nazis took power and did Nazi stuff. Sources: https://www.1517.org/articles/martin-niem%C3%B6ller-controversial-confessor…
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“First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was n̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶C̶o̶m̶m̶u̶n̶i̶s̶t̶ a nazi Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶o̶c̶i̶a̶l̶i̶s̶t̶ a nazi Then they came for…”
“At least in Germany Dietrich Bonhoeffer is more famous these days than Martin. He did in fact write a church song that is still regularly sung both in catholic and lutheran churches as well but since it's a whole-ass song in German it didn'…”
“Margaret should do an episode on Bonhoeffer! His love for the Black American church, his theology of costly grace, the underground Confessing church, the assassination plot, it’s all very interesting. He also did write poems, they just don’…”
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