Netflix recently started streaming a new German-made production of “All Quiet On the Western Front,” based on Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 Anti-War novel. This is the third filmed production, with a 1979 TV version adapted by Delbert Mann, and the original Academy Award winning 1930 version. It is worth recalling the impact of the original and the way in which it galvanized the humanitarian efforts of Carl Laemmle.
Laemmle, the German-born Jewish immigrant who was one of the founders of Univer…
