“In Germany the Nazis first came for the Communists and I didn’t object because I wasn’t a Communist.
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LENGTH: 50 Minutes
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CATALOG #: 20293
UPC #: 6-4603202939-0
ISBN #: 1-56839-218-4
RELEASE YEAR: 2004
PRODUCER: Pearl River Television
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Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t object because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t object because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t object because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me.” -Pastor Martin Niemoller, Dachau, Germany, 1941
Seventy years after Hitler came to power has Germany learned to be a more tolerant nation that cares for the human rights and dignities of all people? A startling number of politicians, religious leaders and intellectuals fear the shocking answer may well be “no,” and many predict that the days of the Fourth Reich are not a nightmare but a very real vision of the future. Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, a groundswell of intolerance grew out of the rubble of the Berlin Wall. The euphoric reunion of East and West, which was seen as heralding a brighter Europe, has led to dark storm clouds of discontent gathering over Germany.
In this hard-hitting and insightful television documentary, many prominent political observers express their views of the present and concerns for the future. They include Simon Wiesenthal, Hans Christian Kruger (Secretary General of the Commission on Human Rights of the Council of Europe), Dr. Manfred Schmidt (Head of the political science department of Heidelberg University), Dr. Dieter Wild (Der Spiegel magazine), Ignatz Bubis (former President of the Council of Jews in Germany), Mohammed Salim Abdullah (chief archivist for the Islam World Congress), the outspoken Johannes Duba (the Bishop of Fulda) and Wolfgang Utte (of the ultra right-wing Republikaner Party in Bavaria).
This thought-provoking program details alarming trends in religious suppression and personal freedoms. Extensively researched and filmed over several months on location in Germany, Austria and France, and based on original interviews, the show is presented by actor Robert Culp. The world cannot imagine another Kristallnacht, yet already intolerance has passed beyond idle rhetoric and flared into violent acts against innocent victims in their homes and on the streets. This unrest is further evidenced by the burning of buildings. Germany’s oldest synagogue in the city of Luebeck, was torched on the eve of Passover in 1994. Although filmed nearly a decade ago, the lessons of this documentary bear repeating. History must never be allowed to repeat itself.
Reviews
“Condemning anti-Semitism is the aim of Then They Came for Me. Clearly Nazism is not dead but thriving since the reunification of East and West Germany.” – HILLARY KINGSLEY, The Times, London, England“…makes for decidedly disturbing viewing. …examines the problems of racial and religious intolerance in post unification Germany and argues persuasively that the seeds of it are not only buried deep in the national psyche but also nurtured by church and state.” – ROBIN P. LYNAM, The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
“The rise in intolerance in modern Germany, compellingly charted in Then They Came for Me, inevitably carries with it an echo of just where such evil can lead. This important documentary is an effective and alarming clarion call to vigilance.” – PIERRE SAUVAGE, Director, “Weapons of the Spirit”
“The message of Then They Came for Me should not be limited only to Germany, we have seen mass death and hate-mongering play out in far too many places during this century.” – WARREN EISENBERG, Director, International Council B’nai B’rith
“…a moving and well-documented examination of the continuing problems of racial, religious and ethnic sentiments in Germany.” – CLARENCE CHANG, Asia Television Limited
“…a hard-hitting… detailing alarming instances of neo-Nazi suppression of religious and personal freedoms in modern Germany. Then The Came For Me is an alarm bell, ringing in the night and pleading “Never Again.” -The Wisconsin Bookwatch
“… focuses our attention on the growing increase of intolerance and hatred in Germany since the fall of the Iron Curtain. … Then They Came For Me is a strong documentary worthy of viewing.” -The Jewish Post of New York
“… this video is powerful in its story of a fearsome reality. Watch the program with someone else. Use it as a springboard for discussion and action.” – Caritas Telecommunication
“Intolerance in Modern Germany is a hard-hitting 50 minute documentary detailing alarming instances of neo-Nazi suppression of religious and personal freedoms in modern Germany based on interviews with political observers, religious leaders, intellectuals, and Nazi hunters. Then They Came For Me is an alarm bell, ringing in the night and pleading “Never Again”. – The Children’s Bookwatch
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