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A hospital alone shows what war is.

Erich Maria Remarque

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Erich Maria Remarque
Age: 72 †
Born: 1898
Born: June 22
Died: 1970
Died: September 25
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
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Vienna
Austria
Erich Paul Remark
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Hospitals
Alone
Peace
War
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Hospitality
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Antiwar

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