Erich Maria Remarque (Other Name: Erich Paul Remark)
Born: July 22, 1898 in Osnabruck, Germany
Died: September 25, 1970 in Locarno, Switzerland
Notable Works: All Quiet on the Western Front and Arch of Triumph
Paul Bäumer enlists with his classmates in the German army during World War I. These young men become enthusiastic soldiers, but their world of duty, culture, and progress breaks into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. Through years of vivid horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the hatred that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but in different uniforms against each other – if only he can come out of the war alive.
