It was from Karl Moltke in West Berlin. March 12, 1967 Dear Joel, I hope you remember me. I am sending this to your parents because I don’t know where you are. But here in Berlin I am thinking of you as we learn in the movement about the great struggle in the U.S. and I hope that we are now brothers in the revolution. In the words of Che, “If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.” I am coming to Boston for the movement. “I am not a liberator … The people liberate themselves.” But I am coming to help. Are you going to the demonstration in April in Boston? We could meet there. Please write me and tell me how to find you. Yours for freedom, Karl I show the letter to Rachel and explain the story. She points out that more than half of the letter is actual quotations from the South American revolutionary Che Guevara. I don’t know what this means but certainly it is a good sign that Karl has not taken up his family’s politics. We are planning on going to the demonstration.
