SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Martin Niemöller

1892 - 1984

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Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈniːmœlɐ] ; 14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984) was a German theologian and Lutheran pastor. He opposed the Nazi regime during the late 1930s, and was sent to a concentration camp for his affiliation with the Confessing Church and his opposition to state involvement in Church. After the war, he went on tour around the world to condemn the Nazi cause and educate people about the importance of human rights. In 1946 he published the confessional piece "First they came ...". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Niemöller is the 80th most popular social activist (down from 42nd in 2019), the 650th most popular biography from Germany (down from 348th in 2019) and the 8th 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 80 out of 840. Before him are Babak Khorramdin, Gunnar Sønsteby, Camilo Cienfuegos, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Anneliese Michel, and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. After him are Liu Xiaobo, Jenny von Westphalen, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Buenaventura Durruti, Dragutin Dimitrijević, and Axel Munthe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Martin Niemöller ranks 41. Before him are Marina Tsvetaeva, Shirō Ishii, Ernst Lubitsch, Robert Ritter von Greim, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, and Bruno Schulz. After him are Erhard Milch, Bolesław Bierut, Władysław Anders, Andrey Yeryomenko, József Mindszenty, and Rashid Ali al-Gaylani. Among people deceased in 1984, Martin Niemöller ranks 23. Before him are Carl Ferdinand Cori, Ed Gein, Martin Ryle, Pyotr Kapitsa, Vicente Aleixandre, and Ahmed Sékou Touré. After him are Ray Kroc, Janaki Ammal, Karl Wolff, Anna Anderson, Sam Peckinpah, and Lionel Robbins.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Martin Niemöller ranks 650 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), John of Saxony (1801), Wilhelm Marx (1863), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), and Christopher Clavius (1538). After him are Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866), Erhard Milch (1892), George Grosz (1893), August Macke (1887), Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (1653), and Niklas Luhmann (1927).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Martin Niemöller ranks 8. Before him are Sophia of Prussia (1870), Thomas Müntzer (1489), Sophie Scholl (1921), Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Horst Wessel (1907), and Anneliese Michel (1952). After him are Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Widukind (755), Hans Scholl (1918), Marianne Bachmeier (1950), Alfred Naujocks (1911), and Gerda Christian (1913).

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