Not only did Grass define Israel as “a threat to world peace”; he also noted that he had remained silent for so long simply because he believed that his own origins, “tarnished by a stain that can never be removed,” denied him the right to speak the truth.
Grass no sólo define a Israel como “una amenaza a la paz mundial”, sino que también hace notar que ha permanecido en silencio tanto tiempo porque sus propios orígenes, “ensuciados por una mancha que nunca se podrá borrar”, le negaron el derecho a decir la verdad.