Das Panorama der Weimarer Republik im Roman ,,Drei Kameraden'' von Erich Maria Remarque
The panorama of the Weimar Republic in the novel ''Three Comrades'' by Erich Maria Remarque

Summary/Abstract: The novel ''Drei Kameraden'' (Three Comrades) by Erich Maria Remarque could be considered as the third and last volume of a trilogy which also includes ''Im Westen nichts Neues'' (All Quiet on the Western Front) and ''Der Weg zurück'' (The Road Back). However, because of the political changes in Germany in the 1930s, the book was published much later than originally planned and for this reason neither readers, nor literary critics acknowledged the book as part of the trilogy at that point in time. Nevertheless, in all three novels the author discusses the problem of the so-called Lost Generation and depicts the collective psychological state of young men, who inherited values that were no longer relevant in a post war world. Erich Maria Remarque depicts the reality of The Weimar Republic revealing the financial and social crisis that dominated everyday life. He raises questions about surviving in a post war era, and it is therefore that ''Drei Kameraden'' can be interpreted as a literary chronicle of those troubled times in German history.

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