Modern Germany - Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque(22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970), born Erich Paul Remark, was a German author who created many works, with his best-known novel being All Quiet on the Western Front. During World War I, Remarque was conscripted into the army at the age of 18. On 12 June 1917, he was transferred to the Western Front, 2nd Company, Reserves, Field Depot of the 2nd Guards Reserve Division at Hem-Lenglet. On 26 June, he was posted to the 15th Reserve Infantry Regiment, 2nd Company, Engineer Platoon Bethe, and was stationed between Torhout and Houthulst. On 31 July, he was wounded by shrapnel in the left leg, right arm and neck, and was repatriated to an army hospital in Germany where he spent the rest of the war. After the war he becane a teacher, then a writer with All Quiet on the Western Front published in 1929. Forced to flee Nazi Germany he emigrated to the U.S, eventually marrying actress Paulette Goddard.