I Didn't Stand Up

Then they went after Mariana. I was born in this country — So I didn't stand up for her. A picture book inspired by the iconic poem "First They Came for the Socialists" written by Pastor Martin Niemöller in opposition to the oppression from the Nazi regime, looks at common circumstances of oppression that children encounter through the eyes of the bystander — until he or she becomes a victim. Backmatter includes a history of the original poem and Pastor Martin Niemöller.