And Then They Came For Me
They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
— Martin Niemöller
Ovation invites its audience on a moving journey with James Still’s And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank. Oral history, dramatic action, and remembrance come together to tell the story of three Jewish teenagers: Anne Frank, Ed Silverberg and Eve Geiringer, all who are living in fear under the reign of the Nazis during World War II. This unique experience weaves videotaped interviews, multi media and live actors to evoke the very real characters behind the story. And Then They Came For Me asks the question: Why did this happen? Could the holocaust happen today?
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