"All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front () is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front. The novel was first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper ""Vossische Zeitung"" and in book form in late January 1929. The book and its sequel, ""The Road Back"" (1930), were among the books banned and burned in"
"Demnig's Stolperstein in Nordhorn: ""Mentioned by Name ... Stumbling Blocks in Nordhorn, Documentation of the City of Nordhorn"". August Perk August Perk (October 25, 1897, Lohne / Lingen, Germany; – May 12, 1945, Braunschweig, Germany) was a German Resistance fighter against the National Socialism. His brief friendship with Erich Maria Remarque influenced Remarque's novel ""All Quiet on the Western Front"". August Perk was born as the son of a merchant family based in Lohne, Germany. At the Age of 17 August Perk served as a soldier in World War I in Russia and France. Erich Maria Remarque worked as a"
"August Perk August Perk (October 25, 1897, Lohne / Lingen, Germany; – May 12, 1945, Braunschweig, Germany) was a German Resistance fighter against the National Socialism. His brief friendship with Erich Maria Remarque influenced Remarque's novel ""All Quiet on the Western Front"". August Perk was born as the son of a merchant family based in Lohne, Germany. At the Age of 17 August Perk served as a soldier in World War I in Russia and France. Erich Maria Remarque worked as a teacher in August Perk's hometown Lohne. Perk and Remarque had a brief friendship. Remarque described this time later"
"aces. After the war, Bäumer worked briefly in the dockyards before he became a dentist, and reportedly one of his patients, Erich Maria Remarque, used Bäumer's name for the protagonist of his antiwar novel ""All Quiet on the Western Front"". Continuing his interest in flying, he founded his own aircraft company in Hamburg. Bäumer died in an air crash at Copenhagen on 15 July 1927, age 31, while test flying a Rohrbach Ro IX fighter. Paul Bäumer Paul Wilhelm Bäumer (11 May 1896 – 15 July 1927) was a German fighter ace in World War I. Bäumer was born on"
"Theodor Plievier Theodor Otto Richard Plievier (Plivier, until 1933) (February 12, 1892, Berlin – March 12, 1955, Avegno, Switzerland) was a German author best known for his anti-war novel . During Plievier's youth, he worked as a sailor and travelled extensively throughout Europe and overseas. Through his travels he was exposed to anarchist-syndicalist philosophies that would influence his later work. In 1914, after a fight in a quayside bar, he was forced to enlist in the Imperial Navy to escape imprisonment. During most of the war, he served on the SMS Wolf, an auxiliary cruiser which remained at sea for"
"Arnold Zweig Arnold Zweig (10 November 1887 – 26 November 1968) was a German writer and anti-war and anti-fascist activist. He is best known for his six-part cycle on World War I. Zweig was born in Glogau, Prussian Silesia (today Głogów, Poland), the son of a Jewish saddler. (He is not related to Stefan Zweig.) After attending a gymnasium in Kattowitz (Katowice), he made extensive studies in history, philosophy and literature at several universities – Breslau (Wrocław), Munich, Berlin, Göttingen, Rostock and Tübingen. He was especially influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy. His first literary works, ""Novellen um Claudia"" (1913) and"
"His other translations from the German include: ""Four Infantrymen"" by Ernst Johanssen (1930); ""The Kaiser Goes: The Generals Remain"" by Theodor Plivier (1933) and ""Virgil, Father of the West"" by Theodor Haecker (1934). His only original work was a novella, ""Two Masters"", first published in the London Mercury in November 1924. Arthur Wheen Arthur Wesley Wheen, (9 February 1897 – 15 March 1971) was an Australian soldier, translator and museum librarian. He is best known for translating the work of Erich Maria Remarque into English, beginning with the classic war novel ""All Quiet on the Western Front"" in 1929. He"
"Einsetzung Eines Königs [1937] the Crowning of a King [1938] Viking Press translated by Eric Sutton Arnold Zweig Arnold Zweig (10 November 1887 – 26 November 1968) was a German writer and anti-war and anti-fascist activist. He is best known for his six-part cycle on World War I. Zweig was born in Glogau, Prussian Silesia (today Głogów, Poland), the son of a Jewish saddler. (He is not related to Stefan Zweig.) After attending a gymnasium in Kattowitz (Katowice), he made extensive studies in history, philosophy and literature at several universities – Breslau (Wrocław), Munich, Berlin, Göttingen, Rostock and Tübingen. He"
"Alfred Döblin Bruno Alfred Döblin (10 August 1878 – 26 June 1957) was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel ""Berlin Alexanderplatz"" (1929). A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century and a wide variety of literary movements and styles, Döblin is one of the most important figures of German literary modernism. His complete works comprise over a dozen novels ranging in genre from historical novels to science fiction to novels about the modern metropolis; several dramas, radio plays, and screenplays; a true crime story; a travel account; two book-length philosophical treatises; scores"
"papers and manuscripts are housed at the German Literature Archive in Marbach am Neckar. Alfred Döblin Bruno Alfred Döblin (10 August 1878 – 26 June 1957) was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel ""Berlin Alexanderplatz"" (1929). A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century and a wide variety of literary movements and styles, Döblin is one of the most important figures of German literary modernism. His complete works comprise over a dozen novels ranging in genre from historical novels to science fiction to novels about the modern metropolis; several dramas, radio plays,"
"Jörg Friedrich (author) Jörg Friedrich (sometimes spelt Joerg or Jorg in English) (born 17 August 1944 in Kitzbühel) is a German author and historian. Friedrich is best known for his publication ""Der Brand"" (2002), in which he portrays the Allied bombing of civilian targets during World War II as systematic and in many ways pointless mass murder. An English translation, ""The Fire"", was published in 2006 by Columbia University Press and met with widespread critical approval. For example, the ""New York Times"" said it ""describes in stark, unrelenting and very literary detail what happened in city after city as the"
"in his novel ""The Road Back"" (1931). Perk told Remarque of his experiences in World War I and many of these stories appeared in Remarque's antiwar novel ""All Quiet on the Western Front"". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung: ""Was August Perk Schreckliches als Soldat im Ersten Weltkrieg erlebte, hat der weltbekannte Schriftsteller Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) in seinem Buch „Im Westen nichts Neues“ verarbeitet. Das Werk wurde in über 50 Sprachen übersetzt und gilt mit geschätzten Verkaufszahlen zwischen 15 und 20 Millionen als eines der meistgelesenen Bücher in der ganzen Welt (The horror August Perk experienced as a Soldier in World War"
"that was reinforced by his vacillation as a literary functionary. So Kant remained in East and West ""one of the most controversial figures in East German literature"". Hermann Kant Hermann Kant (June 14, 1926 – August 14, 2016) was a German writer noted for his writings during the time of East Germany. He won the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1967. Hermann Kant was born on June 14, 1926, in Hamburg, Germany the son of a factory worker and a gardener born into poverty. His younger brother, Uwe Kant, became a well-known children's author. Because of the impending bombing of Hamburg"
"(""All Quiet on the Western Front"") was a massive, worldwide bestseller, not least for its brutally realistic account of the horrors of trench warfare from the perspective of a German infantryman. Less well known but equally shocking in its account of the horrors of trench warfare is the earlier Stratis Myrivilis' Greek novel ""Life in the Tomb"", which was first published in serialised form in the weekly newspaper ""Kambana"" (April 1923 – January 1924), and then in revised and much expanded form in 1930. Also significant were Ernest Hemingway's ""A Farewell to Arms"" (1929), Richard Aldington's ""Death of a Hero"""
"Fritz Max Cahén Fritz Max Cahén (alias Lynkeus) (born December 8, 1891 in Saarlouis; died August 29, 1966 in Bonn) was active in the Weimar Republic government and later founded the anti-Nazi political alliance Volkssozialistische Bewegung (Cahén later referred to it as, in English, the German Front Against Hitlerism). He worked as a journalist and also authored the books ""Der Weg nach Versailles"" (1963) and ""Men Against Hitler"" (1939). Fritz Max Cahén was born to a Jewish father; his mother was possibly Christian. His father, Eugen Cahén, was a founder of the Saar Produce Exchange, and a member of the"
"Writer"". Translation Benedikte Naubert Benedikte Naubert, born Christiana Benedicta Hebenstreit (13 September 1756 – 12 January 1819) was a German writer who published anonymously more than 50 historical novels, and is considered a pioneer of the genre in the 1780s. Naubert wrote under the pseudonyms Verfasser des Walther von Montbarry, Verfasser der Alme, Verfasserin des Walther von Montbarry, and Fontanges. Today she is largely unknown, even in Germany. She was born in Leipzig. The daughter of professor of medicine, Johann Ernst Hebenstreit, who died in December 1757. From her step-brother, a professor of theology, Naubert received a thorough education in"
"Ernst Glaeser Ernst Glaeser (29 July 1902 – 8 February 1963) was a German author, known for his best-selling pacifist novel ""Jahrgang 1902"" (""Born in 1902""). He was associated with the political left, and went into exile in Switzerland at the start of the Nazi era after his books had been publicly burned. However, he returned to Germany in 1939, a decision that was attacked by other exiles. Ernst Glaeser was born on 29 July 1902 in Butzbach, Hesse. His family was Lutheran. In 1912 the family moved when his father became a magistrate in Groß-Gerau, Hesse. Ernst Glaeser attended"
"front in World War I. Alfred Lichtenstein (writer) Alfred Lichtenstein (* 23 August 1889 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf; † 25 September 1914 near Vermandovillers, Somme, France) was a German expressionist writer. From a Jewish family, Lichtenstein grew up in Berlin as the son of a manufacturer. He studied law in Erlangen. His was first noticed after publishing poems and short stories in a grotesque style, which invited comparison with a friend of his, Jakob van Hoddis. Indeed, there were claims of imitation: while Hoddis created the style, Lichtenstein has enlarged it, it was said. Lichtenstein played with this reputation by writing a"
"Lew Ayres Lewis Frederick Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years. He is best known for starring as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the film ""All Quiet on the Western Front"" (1930) and for playing Dr. Kildare in nine movies. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in ""Johnny Belinda"" (1948). Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Irma Bevernick and Louis Ayres, who divorced when he was four. Louis, an amateur musician and court reporter, remarried soon afterwards. As a teen, he"
"Arthur Wheen Arthur Wesley Wheen, (9 February 1897 – 15 March 1971) was an Australian soldier, translator and museum librarian. He is best known for translating the work of Erich Maria Remarque into English, beginning with the classic war novel ""All Quiet on the Western Front"" in 1929. He was the son of Clara and Harold Wheen, who was a Wesleyan Minister. His father was transferred to Sydney in 1910, where young Arthur attended Gordon Public School and Sydney Boys High School. In 1915, he won admission to Sydney Teachers College and later attended the University of Sydney, where he"
"Benedikte Naubert Benedikte Naubert, born Christiana Benedicta Hebenstreit (13 September 1756 – 12 January 1819) was a German writer who published anonymously more than 50 historical novels, and is considered a pioneer of the genre in the 1780s. Naubert wrote under the pseudonyms Verfasser des Walther von Montbarry, Verfasser der Alme, Verfasserin des Walther von Montbarry, and Fontanges. Today she is largely unknown, even in Germany. She was born in Leipzig. The daughter of professor of medicine, Johann Ernst Hebenstreit, who died in December 1757. From her step-brother, a professor of theology, Naubert received a thorough education in philosophy, history,"
"1889); ""Heiteres und Ernstes aus Altbayern"" (The light-hearted and serious from old Bavaria, 1895); ""Aus drei Weltteilen, Reiseskizzen"" (From three parts of the world, travel sketches, 1898); ""Deutschlands Kämpfe in Ostasien"" (1901); and ""Eine Weltreise"" (A world tour, 1902). Karl Tanera Karl Tanera (9 June 1849 – 4 October 1904) was a German military writer and novelist. Tanera was born in Landshut. He entered the Bavarian army in 1866, took part in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, and was severely wounded during the siege of Paris. Having frequented the Kriegsakademie (war academy) in Berlin, in 1877-80, he was detailed to"
"Gert Ledig Gert Ledig, full name Robert Gerhard Ledig (4 November 1921, Leipzig - 1 June 1999 in Landsberg am Lech), was a German writer. Gert Ledig, son of a merchant, spent his early childhood in Vienna. From 1929 he lived in Leipzig. After finishing school, he held down a number of casual jobs from 1936 onwards. After this, he entered an apprenticeship to become an electrician and also studied at a private acting school to become a director. In 1939, he volunteered for the German army (Wehrmacht). As a pioneer, he took part in fighting at the Western Front,"
"Annemarie Auer Annemarie Auer (10 June 1913 - 7 February 2002) was a German author and literary scholar. Annemarie Auer was born in Neumünster and grew up in nearby Kiel on Germany's north coast. After the war her father took part in the 1918 Kiel mutiny. She passed her school final exams (Abitur) in 1933, which at least for a man would have been expected to open the way to a university level education. Auer embarked on an apprenticeship in the in which she then, till 1943, worked. On the day the war broke out, by which time she was"
"Ernst Jünger Ernst Jünger (; 29 March 1895 – 17 February 1998) was a highly decorated German soldier, author, and entomologist who became publicly known for his World War I memoir ""Storm of Steel"". The son of a successful businessman and chemist, Jünger rebelled against an affluent upbringing and sought adventure in the Wandervogel, before running away to briefly serve in the French Foreign Legion, an illegal act. Because he escaped prosecution in Germany due to his father's efforts, Jünger was able to enlist on the outbreak of war. During an ill-fated German offensive in 1918 Jünger's World War I"
"led by prominent political figures from both the left and right camps. His quote about burning books is prominently displayed in the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem. (It is also displayed in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and in the pavement in Frankfurt Am Main). A list of Heine's major publications in German. All dates are taken from Jeffrey L. Sammons: ""Heinrich Heine: A Modern Biography"" (Princeton University Press, 1979). Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German-Jewish poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside"
"Erich Loest Erich Loest (; 24 February 1926 – 12 September 2013) was a German writer born in Mittweida, Saxony. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Hans Walldorf, Bernd Diksen and Waldemar Naß. He was a conscript soldier in World War II and a Nazi Party member, he was captured by US troops in 1945. In 1947 he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and became a journalist for the Leipziger Volkszeitung. His first novels were heavily criticized, he was dismissed from the Volkszeitung and became a freelance writer. In 1957 he lost his SED membership and was held"
"Wolfgang Borchert Wolfgang Borchert (; 20 May 1921 – 20 November 1947) was a German author and playwright whose work was strongly influenced by his experience of dictatorship and his service in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. His work is among the best-known examples of the Trümmerliteratur movement in post-World War II Germany. His most famous work is the drama """"Draußen vor der Tür (The Man Outside)"""", which he wrote soon after the end of World War II. His works are known not to make compromises on the issues of humanity and humanism. He is one of the"
"Wolfgang Koeppen Wolfgang Arthur Reinhold Koeppen (23 June 1906 – 15 March 1996) was a German novelist and one of the best known German authors of the postwar period. Koeppen was born out of wedlock in Greifswald, Pomerania to Marie Köppen, a seamstress who also worked as a prompter at the Greifswald theater. He did not have contact with his father, ophthalmologist Reinhold Halben, who never formally accepted the fatherhood. Wolfgang lived first in his grandmother's house on Bahnhofstrasse, but after her death in 1908 moved with his mother to her sister's in Ortelsburg (Szczytno), East Prussia, where Koeppen began"
"Willibald Alexis Willibald Alexis, the pseudonym of Georg Wilhelm Heinrich Häring (29 June 1798 – 16 December 1871), was a German historical novelist, considered part of the Young Germany movement. Alexis was born in Breslau, Silesia. His father, who came of a French refugee family, named Hareng, held a high position in the war department. He attended the Werdersche Gymnasium in Berlin, and then, serving as a volunteer in the campaign of 1815, took part in the siege of the Ardenne fortresses. On his return, he studied law at the University of Berlin and the University of Breslau and entered"
"Nazi Germany. ""All Quiet on the Western Front"" sold 2.5 million copies in 22 languages in its first 18 months in print. In 1930, the book was adapted as an Academy-Award-winning film of the same name, directed by Lewis Milestone. It was adapted again in 1979 by Delbert Mann, this time as a television film starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine. The English translation by Arthur Wesley Wheen gives the title as "" All Quiet on the Western Front"". The literal translation of ""Im Westen nichts Neues"" is ""In the West Nothing New,"" with ""West"" being the Western Front; the"
"(Tim Cross, The Lost Voices of World War I,1988). August Stramm August Stramm (29 July 1874 – 1 September 1915) was a German poet and playwright who is considered one of the first of the expressionists. He also served in the German Army and was killed in action during World War I. He worked in the German Post Office Ministry as a young man and served his mandatory year of duty in the German Army in 1896–1897. After this, he travelled to the United States several times over the next few years before settling in Berlin. In 1912-1913, he wrote"
"Günther Birkenfeld Günther Birkenfeld (9 March 1901 - 22 August 1966) was a German writer. His books were banned during the Nazi years but he remained in the country and was conscripted for aircraft monitoring during the war. During the postwar period, in what had become the Soviet occupation zone, he was a co-founder, in 1948/49, of the anti-communist Combat Group against Inhumanity (""""Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit""""). Günther Birkenfeld was born in Cottbus and grew up in Berlin. He received his doctorate in 1923, and went on to work as an editor with the publishing house. Between 1927 and 1930 he"