新英格兰大屠杀纪念碑(英語:New England Holocaust Memorial)位于美国马萨诸塞州波士顿,为了纪念在第二次世界大战中被杀害的犹太人于1995年修建。整个建筑群由六个玻璃塔构成,分别代表了纳粹德国建立的迈丹尼克集中营、切姆诺集中营、索比堡集中营、特雷布林卡集中营、贝尔赛克集中营以及奥斯威辛集中营。六座玻璃塔上一共雕刻了六百万个数字,表达了对六百万大屠杀罹难者的怀念。
除了玻璃塔外,在建筑群的入口处树立了一块石碑,上面镌刻着馬丁·尼莫拉的一首著名的诗--“起初他們”。该石碑以及碑文被广泛的引用,但是碑文与尼莫拉的原著诗句略有出入。
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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."
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——Martin Niemoller
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起初,他們追殺共產主義者,我保持沉默,因為我不是共產主義者;
當他們追殺猶太人,我保持沉默,因為我不是猶太人;
當他們追殺工會成員,我沒有說話,因為我不是工會成員;
當他們追殺天主教徒,我保持沉默,因為我是新教徒;
最後,當他們對付我的時候,再也沒有人站出來為我說話了。
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——馬丁·尼莫拉
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