Remarque was born in Germany. He was drafted into the German army during World War I. He becam a U.S. citizen in 1947. He later lived in Switzerland with his second wife, the actress Paulette Goddard.
Paul Baumer is just 19 years old when he and his classmates enlist. They are Germany's Iron Youth who enter the war with high ideals and leave it disillusioned or dead. As Paul struggles with the realities of the man he has become, and the inscrutable wor...[SEE MORE]