World War I Commander
Served with distinction
A true German Hero
A role model for the Reich
Responsible for the death of many men
Pastor Niemöller as the commandant
Ordered the shelling of the vessel ahead
Pastor Niemöller decided to let'm drown
Introduced to the word of God
Ordained to a Lutheran pastor
Side by side with nationalism
A Christian anti-Semite
The Jews should be punished
For they are the ones
Who brought Christ to the cross
Abandon the Old Testament
One People, One Reich, One Faith
All priests are required to vow allegiance
A new pagan religion arises
The will of the Führer shall be
enforced upon the Holy Church
Shall commence
This time the church genuflected
The iron fist of the Reich hit hard
A revelation of darkness appeared
And the Catholics stood by and watched
Fear and guilt resisting the darkest regime
Pastor Niemöller founded the Pfarrernotbund
The first voices of the church now sounded
They calles for an unusual disobedience
The assignation of the Tyrant became a divine obligation
God has given his personal approval for destruction
We have no more thought
of using our own powers
to escape the arm of authorities
than had the Apostles of old
No more are we ready to keep
silent at man's behest
when God commands us to speak.
We must obey to God
Imprisoned at Sachsenhausen
Under direct orders of
the highest command
Pastor Niemöller was consecrated
to the art of eternal suffering
Eternal Suffering
The reflections of his own Initial hate
The reflections of his own Initial hate
Pastor Niemöller, from the Ashes of Disgrace
A man who recognized his faults
And always followed his own path
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
As creator of the Stuttgart Confession of Guilt
The church still tried to silence him
Unholy denial
Unholy denial
