World War II DBQ Document #5
Use these documents to create questions for your DBQ (Document Based Question) Test. Please be sure to write the number of the document that you are asking a question about.
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Poem, “First they came…” by Martin Niemoller
- “In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;
- And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
- And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;
- And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up.”
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What kind of time period or what is the poet describing?
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According to the poem, who came to Germany?
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According to the poem, who came to Germany?
Who do you think the person is in the document who isn’t a communist, a trade unionist, or jewish?
what the germans are doing?
What is the poet trying to say in this poem and also how come in the end the person got capture even though he wasn’t a communist, trade unionist, or a Jew
1) what was the German’s doing?
2) What do you think the author was in terms of race?
3) what is the messgae of this peom?
What does this poem mean?
According to the poem why do u think Martin Niemoller wrote the poem?
According to poem, what do you think the end of the poem mean?
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Who do you think Germany came up to at the end of the poem?
By reading this poem, what do you think the last stanza meant? How do you think this poet had this poem published?
What do you think this poem is trying to say?
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1)Why did the Germans capture the person in the poem?
Is this an example of propaganda? Explain your reasoning.
Why didn’t the person refers as “I” didn’t help the Jews?
Who do you think the “they” is in the poem? Explain.
What is the poem trying to say?
What is the meaning of this poem?
Who is the german after?
what is this poem trying to say?
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How did the narrator feel?
What do u think this poem is about?
What does it mean to u?
According to the poem, whos perspective is “I”? What is the poem trying to tell other readers/people? According to the poem, who was involved? Who did the American soldiers came for?
So are you telling me that if you are not a Communists, unionists, or a jew you will not stand up for them.
why is he just to stay out of the problem that Communists, unionists, or a jew have, is he just trying to protect himself?
What do you think the poem meant?
based on the text , why do you think the guy was caught ? what do you think the end of the poem means ?
what type of time period is the author describing?
Who is the poet if he’s not a Communist, unionist, or Jewish?
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Based on the document, who is the poet?
Who do you think the narrator is & why do you think that?
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Who are “they”? Explain.
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What does this poem mean?
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Why do you think when “they” came for the narrator there was no one left to speak up? Explain.