“The only thing young people need to be protected from” – Heinrich Böll

„The only thing young people need to be protected from is adults.“

Heinrich BöllHeinrich Böll’s pointed quote about young people, protection and adult responsibility, with German and English translation.
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Heinrich Böll was a German writer and an important author of the postwar period.

A pointed quote by Heinrich Böll about protecting young people and the responsibility of adults.


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Heinrich Theodor Böll (1917–1985) was a German writer from Cologne. As a narrator of postwar German literature, he depicted urban destruction, the hunger and hardship of survivors, and the homecoming and disillusionment of returning soldiers. His well-known short stories include “Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa…,” “The Bread of Our Early Years,” and “Dr. Murke’s Collected Silences.”

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