Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque was born Erich Paul Remark in Osnabrück and served in the German army in the First World War. His novel All Quiet on the Western Front, published in 1928, portrays the war through the eyes of a young soldier and sold millions of copies. The Nazis banned and burned his books, and he moved to Switzerland and then the United States, where he lived and wrote for many years.