„Nachdem er mit siebzehn das Elternhaus verlassen hatte und in Aachen zur Untermiete wohnte, gab es kaum noch Briefe von ihm, sondern nur Schreiben seines Vaters, die offenbar unbeantwortet blieben.“
"After he had left his parents' home at seventeen and lived in Aachen as a subtenant, there were hardly any more letters from him, only letters from his father that apparently went unanswered."