Ethnicity and Intolerance “All Quiet on the Western Front”

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…rbage for food. He realizes that these Russians are humans like him. They need food, shelter and clothing. He wonders: What reason does he have to kill them? He then splits some of his cigarettes up and gives them to the prisoners. This shows that he sees them as real humans and not just the enemy. To Paul they do not appear to him to be a part of a force that threatens his fatherland.