The book tells the story of Paul Bäumer, a soldier who — urged on by his school teacher — joins the German army shortly after the start of World War I. Bäumer arrives at the Western Front with his friends and schoolmates ( Tjaden, Müller, Kropp and a number of other characters ).

Kropp sued for libel, and when he lost decided to move to Seattle.

On September 30, 2002, Kropp died from head injuries when he fell 60 feet while ascending the Air Guitar route near Frenchman Coulee in Vantage, Washington.

Kropp was in Paul's class at school and is described as the clearest thinker of the group.

Kropp is wounded towards the end of the novel and undergoes an amputation.

Hamacher is a patient at the Catholic hospital where Paul and Albert Kropp are temporarily stationed.

is: Göran Kropp

** Swede Göran Kropp reaches the Mount Everest summit alone without oxygen, after having bicycled there from Sweden.

Kropp went on to climb Cho Oyu after he drove his Range Rover car all the way to Nepal.

Media interest after the climb proved to be large and Kropp then started his company Kropp & Adventure AB.

Kropp made another attempt at the main summit and succeeded after a fast, non-stop solo climb.

* May 23 – Swede Göran Kropp reaches Mount Everest summit alone without oxygen after having bicycled there from Sweden.

Though Kropp initially plans to commit suicide if he requires an amputation, the book suggests he postponed suicide because of the strength of military camaraderie.

Kantorek was the schoolmaster of Paul and his friends, including Kropp, Leer, Müller, and Behm.

His last summit occurred 12 days following the deadliest disaster in Everest history, supporting Swedish climber Göran Kropp on the same day as the David Breashears IMAX expedition crew.

* 1990 The fourth ascent was made by Göran Kropp and Rafael Jensen.

* B. Bandelow, S. Bleich, S. Kropp: Handbuch Psychopharmaka ( German ), 2nd.

Göran Kropp ( December 11, 1966 – September 30, 2002 ) was a Swedish adventurer and mountaineer, born in Eskilstuna in south Sweden.

Göran Kropp.

In 1988 Kropp traveled to climb his first major peak, Pik Lenina, 7134 meters high, located in Tajikistan / Kyrgyzstan.

Kropp and his companions ascended the top in a record time of 10 days.

In 1989 Kropp had hopes that he would climb Cho Oyu, but he had no permit.

In 1991 Kropp was back in the Himalayas, this time to climb Pik Pobeda ( 7439 m ) in eastern Kazakhstan.

Together with Mats Dahlin, Kropp made a summit attempt, but Dahlin was forced to cancel his bid because he felt bad.

Kropp continued and reached the top with a severe headache.

1992, Kropp finally obtained permits to climb Cho Oyu.

In preparation Kropp climbed with Dahlin in Chamonix.

Kropp decided to at least climb Cho Oyu, on the grounds that his companion would have preferred that he continued to climb.

Paul Bäumer beats him because of it and when a lieutenant comes along looking for men for a trench charge, Himmelstoß joins and leads the charge.

Their talents were first recognised by Paul Bäumer who was impressed by the performance of the H 6 when he saw it being flown at Wasserkuppe.

Paul Bäumer is the main character and narrator.

Katczinsky was a cobbler in civilian life ; he is older than Paul Bäumer and his comrades, about 40 years old, and serves as their leadership figure.

It is Kat's death that eventually makes Bäumer careless whether he survives the war or not, but that he can face the rest of his life without fear.

Behaving " in a way that cost nothing ," Kantorek is a strong supporter of the war and encourages Bäumer and other students in his class to join the war effort.

Bäumer describes Leer's ability to attract women by saying " Leer is an old hand at the game ".

He carries Haie Westhus ' body to Bäumer after he is fatally wounded.

The remake is scheduled for release sometime in 2013 with Daniel Radcliffe starring as Bäumer.

* Herr Bäumer, the founder of the German firm Bäumer Aero GmbH, is killed testing a new high-performance monoplane.

While fighting at the front, Bäumer and his comrades have to engage in frequent battles and endure the dangerous and often dirty conditions of warfare.

The battles fought here have no names and seem to have little overall significance, except for the impending possibility of injury or death for Bäumer and his comrades.

Both he and Bäumer end up spending time in a Roman Catholic hospital together, Bäumer suffering from shrapnel wounds to the leg and arm.

While the older men have already had a life of professional and personal experience before the war, Bäumer and the men of his age have had little life experience or time for personal growth.

Bäumer describes Kat as possessing a sixth sense.

One night, Bäumer along with a group of other soldiers are holed up in a factory with neither rations nor comfortable bedding.

However, Bäumer and his comrades have a chance to get back at Himmelstoß because of his punishments, mercilessly whipping him on the night before they board trains to go to the front.

As he becomes the new staff cook, to prove his friendship he secures two pounds of sugar for Bäumer and half a pound of butter for Tjaden.

Franz Kemmerich had enlisted in the army for World War I along with his best friend and classmate, Bäumer.

In 1979, the film was remade for CBS television by Delbert Mann, starring Richard Thomas of The Waltons as Paul Bäumer and Ernest Borgnine as Kat.

On November 9, 2008, a radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 3, starring Robert Lonsdale as Paul Bäumer and Shannon Graney as Katczinsky.

* “ Johannes Oekolampadius ” in Remigius Bäumer, Leo Scheffczyk ( editors ) Marienlexikon Gesamtausgabe, Institutum Marianum Regensburg, 1994, ISBN 3-88096-891-8 ( cit.

In 1132-34, two Augustinian canons of Ratisbon, Paul, said by Bäumer to be Paul of Bernried, and Gebehard, held a correspondence ( printed by Mabillon in his " Musæum Italicum " from the originals in the Cathedral Library at Milan ) with Anselm, Archbishop of Milan, and Martin, treasurer of St. Ambrose, with a view of obtaining copies of the books of the Ambrosian Rite, so that they might introduce it into their church.