Three Comrades is a novel first published in 1936 by the German author Erich Maria Remarque. It is written in first person by the main character Robert Lohkamp, whose somewhat disillusioned outlook on life is due to his horrifying experiences in the trenches of the First World War's French-German front. He shares these experiences with Otto Köster and Gottfried Lenz, his two comrades with whom he runs an auto-repair shop in what may be late-1920s Berlin. Remarque wrote the novel in exile and it was first published in Dutch translation as Drei kameraden, with English translation following soon in Good Housekeeping from January to March 1937 and in the book form in the same year. The first German language edition was published in 1938 by exile publisher Querido in Amsterdam, but the novel was published in Germany only in 1951.
Johann Ludwig Uhland was a German poet, philologist and literary historian.
A military funeral is a memorial or burial rite given by a country's military for a soldier, sailor, marine or airman who died in battle, a veteran, or other prominent military figures or heads of state. A military funeral may feature guards of honor, the firing of volley shots as a salute, drumming and other military elements, with a flag draping over the coffin.
The "Last Post" is either an A or a B♭ bugle call, primarily within British infantry and Australian infantry regiments, or a D or an E♭ cavalry trumpet call in British cavalry and Royal Regiment of Artillery, and is used at Commonwealth military funerals, and ceremonies commemorating those who have lost their lives in war.
The Enemy Below is a 1957 DeLuxe Color war film in CinemaScope about a battle between an American destroyer escort and a German U-boat during World War II. Produced and directed by Dick Powell, the movie stars Robert Mitchum and Curt Jürgens as the American and German commanding officers. The film was based on the 1956 novel by Denys Rayner, a British naval officer involved in anti-submarine warfare throughout the Battle of the Atlantic.
Peter Kraus is a German-Austrian singer and actor.
Philipp Friedrich Silcher, was a German composer, mainly known for his lieder (songs), and an important Volkslied collector.
"Der gute Kamerad", also known by its incipit as "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden" is a traditional lament of the German armed forces. The text was written by German poet Ludwig Uhland in 1809. Its immediate inspiration was the deployment of Badener troops against the Tyrolean Rebellion. In 1825, the composer Friedrich Silcher set it to music, based on the tune of a Swiss folk song.
Lorenz von Bibra, Duke in Franconia was Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Würzburg from 1495 to 1519. His life paralleled that of Maximilian I (1459–1519), who ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 to 1519, whom Lorenz served as an advisor.
Volkstrauertag is a commemoration day in Germany two Sundays before the first day of Advent. It commemorates members of the armed forces of all nations and civilians who died in armed conflicts, to include victims of violent oppression. It was first observed in its modern form in 1952.
"Alte Kameraden" is the title of a popular German military march. It is included in the Armeemarschsammlung as HM II, 150. It is the official parade march for the Chilean Air Force's Non Commissioned Officers School.
Conrad Wiene was an actor, screenwriter, film producer and director of Austrian and German silent film. He was the younger brother of German film director Robert Wiene.
Willy Birgel, born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was a German theatre and film actor.
Ernst Pittschau was a German stage and film actor.
Hans Jürgen von der Wense was a German poet, composer, photographer, aphorist and hiker.
I Once Had a Comrade is a 1926 German silent film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Erich Kaiser-Titz, Otz Tollen and Erwin Fichtner.
The Good Comrade, or I Had a Comrade, is a 1923 German silent film directed by Hans Felsing and starring Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Henri Peters-Arnolds and Margit Barnay. It takes its title from a popular song.
I Had a Comrade is a 1924 German silent film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Otto Gebühr.
Felix Römer is a German historian who specialises in the history of World War II. He has conducted pioneering research into the implementation of the Commissar Order by combat formations of the Wehrmacht and the attitudes of German soldiers based on the surreptitiously recorded conversations of prisoners of war held in Fort Hunt, Virginia, United States.
The Bundeswehr regulations on traditions (Traditionserlass) are a series of regulations by the Bundeswehr developed in the 1950s that until today with revisions, all in respect to the German military traditions that have had been upheld by its predecessor services before and the traditions in force today by the current service.
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