On the steps is a machine-g... by Erich Maria Remarque, a German Writer

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“On the steps is a machine-gun ready for action. The square is empty; only the streets that lead into it are jammed with people. It would be madness to go farther - the machine-gun is covering the square.”

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Erich Maria Remarque

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Name: Erich Maria Remarque

Nationality: German

Date of Birth: Jun 22, 1898

Date of Death: Sep 25, 1970

Profession: Writer

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I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh.

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