Three Comrades
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Three Comrades is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque that follows three World War I veterans struggling with friendship, love, and disillusionment in the turbulent years of Weimar Germany.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Three Comrades canonical | 7 |
| Drei Kameraden | 1 |
| Three Comrades (1938 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Three Comrades Context triple: [Erich Maria Remarque, notableWork, Three Comrades]
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The Comrade
The Comrade was an influential early 20th-century Urdu-English political journal from British India that championed anti-colonial nationalism and Muslim political rights.
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Three Brothers
Three Brothers is a famous ensemble of three adjoining medieval residential buildings in Riga’s Old Town, renowned as the oldest complex of dwelling houses in the city and a notable example of its architectural heritage.
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Three Brothers
Three Brothers is a small group of islands located within the British Indian Ocean Territory in the central Indian Ocean.
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Again the Three
"Again the Three" is a novel in Edgar Wallace's "Just Men" crime series, continuing the adventures of a trio of vigilante protagonists.
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E.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Three Comrades Target entity description: Three Comrades is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque that follows three World War I veterans struggling with friendship, love, and disillusionment in the turbulent years of Weimar Germany.
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A.
The Comrade
The Comrade was an influential early 20th-century Urdu-English political journal from British India that championed anti-colonial nationalism and Muslim political rights.
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B.
Three Brothers
Three Brothers is a famous ensemble of three adjoining medieval residential buildings in Riga’s Old Town, renowned as the oldest complex of dwelling houses in the city and a notable example of its architectural heritage.
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C.
Three Brothers
Three Brothers is a small group of islands located within the British Indian Ocean Territory in the central Indian Ocean.
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D.
Again the Three
"Again the Three" is a novel in Edgar Wallace's "Just Men" crime series, continuing the adventures of a trio of vigilante protagonists.
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E.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Erich Maria Remarque ⓘ |
| character |
Gottfried Lenz
ⓘ
Otto Köster ⓘ Patricia Hollmann ⓘ Robert Lohkamp ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| depicts |
political street violence
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small auto repair business ⓘ veterans' reintegration into civilian life ⓘ |
| follows | three World War I veterans ⓘ |
| followsWork |
All Quiet on the Western Front
ⓘ
linked to:
All Quiet on the Western Front (novel)
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| genre |
political novel
ⓘ
romantic novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Three Comrades (1938 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Three Comrades
|
| hasEdition | English-language edition 1938 ⓘ |
| hasPart | love story between Robert Lohkamp and Patricia Hollmann ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Weimar-era social conditions ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Exilliteratur ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Weimar Republic
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disillusionment ⓘ friendship ⓘ love ⓘ postwar trauma ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | unnamed German city ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableQuote | “We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.” ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Drei Kameraden
ⓘ
linked to:
Three Comrades
|
| partOf | Erich Maria Remarque bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Berlin ⓘ |
| protagonist | Robert Lohkamp ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1936 ⓘ |
| publisher | Querido Verlag ⓘ |
| setting |
Weimar Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Weimar Republic
|
| settingPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| theme |
aftermath of World War I
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economic hardship ⓘ loyalty ⓘ mortality ⓘ rise of extremism ⓘ |
| timeInNarrative | late 1920s ⓘ |
| translator | A. W. Wheen ⓘ |
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Subject: Three Comrades Description of subject: Three Comrades is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque that follows three World War I veterans struggling with friendship, love, and disillusionment in the turbulent years of Weimar Germany.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Three Comrades
linked to: Three Comrades
subject linked to:
novel "Arch of Triumph" by Erich Maria Remarque