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# All Quiet on the Western Front

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All Quiet on the Western Front (original German title: Im Westen nichts Neues, literally: "Nothing New on the Western Front") is a famous book by the German author Erich Maria Remarque.

It is about a German soldier named Paul Baumer as he fights together with his classmates in World War I. The book sold 2.5 million copies in 25 languages in eighteen months. It is published by Ballantine Books in 1929. This book and its sequel, The Road Back, were banned in Nazi Germany. Also, the book's movie version won an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1930.

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