“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes”
– Mark Twain

It didn’t begin with Auschwitz.
It began with propaganda.
With scapegoats,
draped in slogans.
With facts bent sideways,
truth buried under headlines.

It began with silence—
editors fired,
whistleblowers punished,
truth-tellers turned into targets.

With neighbors reported
for the books on their shelves.
With laws reshaped
to serve power,
not justice.
With court orders ignored,
and judges overruled—
not by law,
but by arrogance.

It began when due process
was treated like a nuisance.
When obedience
was rebranded
as patriotism.

It began with people
who were too distracted,
too scared,
too comfortable
to push back—
until pushing back
became a crime.

You don’t need to wonder
what you would have done
in 1930s Germany.

You already know
what you would have done.

Because you’re doing it
right now.