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“I have never concealed the fact and said it before the court in 1938 that I came from an anti-Semitic past and tradition... I ask only that you look at my life historically and take it as history. I believe that from 1933 I truly represented the Lutheran-Christian outlook on the Jewish question - as I revealed before the court - but that I returned home after eight years' imprisonment as a completely different person.”

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Martin Niemoller

Martin Niemöller was a German pastor who became famous for his opposition to the Nazi regime during the Nazi era. Niemöller was imprisoned in 1937 and spent time in Dachau concentration camp. After World War II, he remained active in political and religious circles, becoming an important figure in the post-war democratic reconstruction of Germany. more

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