Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist whose 1929 novel All Quiet on the Western Front portrayed the experiences of German soldiers in World War I.

All Quiet on the Western Front: Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel follows young German soldiers during World War I. This internationally acclaimed novel established Remarque’s reputation and drew on his wartime experience.
World War I: A global conflict fought from 1914 to 1918, chiefly between the Allied and Central Powers. Remarque served in the German army during the war that became the subject of his best-known novel.
Adolf Hitler: The leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 until 1945. Hitler’s regime persecuted Remarque’s writing and revoked his German citizenship.
1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front: A film adaptation of Remarque’s novel directed by Lewis Milestone and released in 1930. Its international success and screening bans intensified the novel’s political controversy.
The Road Back: Erich Maria Remarque’s 1931 novel follows German soldiers adjusting to civilian life after World War I. It continues his account of how the war shaped German veterans after the fighting ended.
Weimar Republic: The German republic established in 1918 and replaced by Nazi rule in 1933. Remarque published his breakthrough novel amid the republic’s postwar social and political upheavals.
Joseph Goebbels: Nazi Germany’s minister of propaganda from 1933 to 1945. Goebbels helped direct the regime’s campaign against the film adaptation of Remarque’s novel.
Book burning in Nazi Germany: Public destruction of books organized by Nazi groups and authorities in Germany. Remarque’s works were among the books condemned and burned by the Nazi regime.
Three Comrades: Erich Maria Remarque’s 1936 novel follows three friends in Germany during the years after World War I. Its friendship and postwar setting extend themes developed in his earlier war fiction.
Nazi Germany: The German state under Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship from 1933 to 1945. The regime condemned Remarque’s work and drove him into exile.

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Lewis MilestoneRelated: His novel supplied the source material for Milestone’s best-known film.