Talk:Erich Maria Remarque

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"Full Circle" noted here as a Remarque play, links to a site about the Doors album by the same name. It is also linked to a Danielle Steele book.

I made the link point to Full Circle (play). Now all we need is for someone to write the article. --Jose Ramos 13:18, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Correct link is in fact Full Circle (Remarque play), which I've just changed it to. --User:Olaf Davis 16:47, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Remark/Kramer

Some sources insist he was born Kramer and not Remark, such as http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/remarque.htm . There are significantly more websites calling him Remark. One of them also calls him Remark (http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/remarque.htm ) but calls his father Peter Maria Kramer (who is never called Peter Maria Remark by other sites, but Peter Franz Remark). Can anyone shed light on this?


Reply: His last name was orginally Remark. When he fell into discredit in Nazi Germany, the story was made up that he had a Jewish background; Kramer is known as a Jewish name. This story never really died out (I think this had also to do with te fact that Remarque didn't like to talk of his past, so there was room for speculation, but I'm not sure of that). The original family name was Remarque btw (his great-grandfathers last name was Remarque). So he kind of changed it back.

[edit] Pabst film

So which novel of his was the G.W. Pabst film Der Letzte Akt based on?

[edit] Remarque the pacifist.

Thoughts about how you feel Remarque's hit novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, appealed to you.

[edit] Bio Faulty

Read the last few lines for consistancy.

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It made me really see how hygine has no limits and how rather repulsive it would be to be involved in war. It should give people another point of view of why war shouldn't be the answer towards any disagreement between countries.—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])

Yeah, I'm not sure if that is wandalism, an edit war, or simply poorly worded sentences. I'd revert, but i don't know enough about him. 12.218.145.112 04:10, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wound/wartime details

"Wounded five times, Remarque, like his protagonist, Paul Bäumer, swallowed poison gas and sustained injury to his lungs" -http://encarta.msn.com/sidebar_701509551/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front.html

I've read briefly about Remarque's five wounds in WWI in the A.W.WHEEN translation of All Quiet on the Western Front as well; in the biography.

68.224.154.118 02:51, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remarque and Hitler

On the following site there's an interesting piece that would be a welcome addition to this page. It tells of how Remarque's sister was executed by the nazi's because he himself was in de USA. It also details how the both of them were stationed only a few miles apart at most near Ypres and fought in the same battles. http://www.greatwar.nl/remarque/remarque-eng.html

[edit] Technical Accuracy

Can it really be said that Erich Maria Remarque was his psuedonymn, as he legally changed his name, and was using it throughout all aspects of his life, and not just in his literary works?

Concur...lots of people change their names legally and these are not pseudonyms. Of course in the case of authors and such-like, the reason for the names change can make for interesting psychology, so the change may be worth noting. Engr105th (talk) 23:26, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Need for further research!

Hi, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet he served in the rear echelons, http://www.greatwar.nl/frames/default-hitlere.html suggest he was a sapper which you would accept was a front-line role, but also that he was a fantasist and fraud about his combat record and rank, whilst encarta does indeed say http://encarta.msn.com/sidebar_701509551/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front.html says he was five times wounded and gassed. This is very important but I haven't got to the bottom of it.

According to the Remarque Frieden-Zentrum, which I believe is the best authority on Remarque, he was in the front line for about three weeks, and was wounded once, but in 5 places. He had also been under artillery fire for several weeks before that, in the field reserve depot. I will post more here when I find time. Rumiton 03:38, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm way late asking, but did you find anything out Rumitron? (if so, I assume you added to the article?). The stuff I'm seeing on-line about Remarque seems to be "circular referencing" ie, sources referencing one another, but nothing that goes back to actual German Army records, extant diaries, that sort of thing...btw, I too have read something about Remarque being vague or inconsistent in interviews about his war service, and something about him being spotted after the war wearing an Officer's coat...Any truth to any of it ?? Engr105th (talk) 23:33, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello. I was not intending to do any further research, I have already researched the life and times of Remarque extensively for my translation. Remarque's internationally popular book was one of the most difficult PR issues the Nazis faced as they tried to reconstruct the defeats of 1918 and shift blame for the armistice onto jews. They attacked Remarque in every way, accusing him of being a fantasist, a coward and a jew. He was none of those things, but he did not help himself by his sometimes bizarre behaviour, which today would be attributed to post traumatic stress disorder. There is a fairly well documented story that he awarded a medal he had been given (or promotion stripes, perhaps) to his dog. Anyway, the disinformation the Nazis spread has found its way into several otherwise reputable reference books, including, last time I looked, the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Remarque Frieden-Zentrum is the best source. Rumiton (talk) 00:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Time to love, time to die?

I thought that the word "leben" is translated into english as "to live" not "to love". And, actually, "Zeit zu leben, zeit zu sterben" in other languages is "time to live, time to die"? So, is it a mistake in the article or what?

There is a Note in article with reference to amazon.com. But I think it is a mistake there. It should be "to live". I change it. Shmuliko 05:07, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

The confusion arose because the movie made in, I think, 1958, had the title "A Time to Love and a Time to Die." Remarque didn't seem to mind, as he played a bit part in the movie. Rumiton 14:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


You're right, "leben" as far as I been taught is to live, "lieben" is to love; however, the book indeed does say "A Time to Love and a Time to Die". So before changing things, make sure you know exactly what is. By reading this book, you'll see that there truly is a time to love, and a time to die.(71.38.31.108 (talk) 13:58, 25 November 2007 (UTC))

The German title was Zeit zu Leben not Lieben. Google it. Rumiton (talk) 14:26, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nationality in infobox?

His Nationality in the infobox is listed as "German," but wouldn't it more correctly be "American," since he became a naturalised U.S. citizen in the 1940's? Srajan01 06:21, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

At the time of writing this novel Remarque was a German citizen. Perhaps it should read German (later American.) Rumiton 10:33, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

All his books were written first in German, and then translated (71.38.31.108 (talk) 14:00, 25 November 2007 (UTC))

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 11:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Who is Michael J. Bernard?

And why is he notable enough for inclusion in this article? Rumiton (talk) 07:48, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Looks like someone else couldn't find the answer and has removed him. Good work. Rumiton (talk) 11:58, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:39, 2 January 2008 (UTC)