translate English to German: Many of those who were inclined to describe that evil in political terms – by identifying it, for example, with the Soviet regime, Communism, Stalinism, etc. – understood their resistance as a moral, or even aesthetic issue, one that precluded a historical perspective.
Erschienen waren die "Gedanken" im April 1968, sie standen zweifellos in Zusammenhang mit den Ereignissen in der Sowjetunion und außerhalb ihrer Grenzen.