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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Martin Niemöller

1892 - 1984

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Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984) was a German theologian and Lutheran pastor. He is best known for his opposition to the Nazi regime during the late 1930s and for his widely quoted 1946 poem "First they came ...". The poem exists in many versions; the one featured on the United States Holocaust Memorial reads: "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a socialist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Niemöller has received more than 1,563,029 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Niemöller is the 29th most popular social activist (down from 28th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 294th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Social Activist.

Martin Niemöller was a German Lutheran pastor who is most famous for the following quote: "First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Martin Niemöller ranks 29 out of 538Before him are Olympe de Gouges, Irena Sendler, Bertha von Suttner, Thomas Müntzer, Emiliano Zapata, and Omar Mukhtar. After him are Pheidippides, Élie Ducommun, Ferdinand Lassalle, Simon Wiesenthal, Sadako Sasaki, and Emily Greene Balch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Martin Niemöller ranks 12Before him are Louis de Broglie, Manfred von Richthofen, Ivo Andrić, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Pearl S. Buck, and Arthur Seyss-Inquart. After him are Oliver Hardy, Alexander Alekhine, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Sepp Dietrich, Theodor Eicke, and Amanullah Khan. Among people deceased in 1984, Martin Niemöller ranks 8Before him are Richard Burton, Yuri Andropov, Indira Gandhi, François Truffaut, Paul Dirac, and Johnny Weissmuller. After him are Ray Kroc, Mikhail Sholokhov, Truman Capote, Ed Gein, Alfred Kastler, and Julio Cortázar.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Martin Niemöller ranks 243 out of 6,142Before him are Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), Heinrich Müller (1900), Pope Clement II (1005), Eduard Buchner (1860), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956). After him are Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Irma Grese (1923), Joachim Gauck (1940), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Adam Weishaupt (1748), and Ferdinand Tönnies (1855).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Martin Niemöller ranks 3Before him are Claus von Stauffenberg (1907) and Thomas Müntzer (1489). After him are Sophie Scholl (1921), Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Anneliese Michel (1952), Horst Wessel (1907), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Paul Schäfer (1921), Hans Scholl (1918), Alfred Naujocks (1911), and Sophia of Prussia (1870).