| 1 | ''No Hero For the Kaiser'', written by RudolfFrank and published in 1931, is set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. |
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| 3 | The protagonist is a teenage Polish boy named Jan. His entire world is turned upside down when his home village is destroyed in a battle. He is then adopted by a German artillery unit and the book follows his exploits on both the eastern and western fronts. |
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| 5 | This is an anti-war novel written for children. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids It is just as gruesome as]] ''Manga/ElfenLied''. |
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| 8 | !! ''No Hero For the Kaiser'' contains examples of : |
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| 10 | * AnyoneCanDie: A recurring theme. |
| 11 | * BadassNormal: Jan is eventually viewed by practically everyone else as this. |
| 12 | * BannedInChina: The book was banned in Nazi Germany. |
| 13 | * ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: The ending.]] |
| 14 | * {{Narm}}: Unfortunately yes. Comparing bullets killing people with "sneaky gnats"? |
| 15 | * NeverTrustATitle: Not this one, or the current German one ("Der Junge, der seinen Geburtstag vergaß" - "The boy who forgot his birthday"). Talking about the original title here, which was actually "Der Schädel des Negerhäuptlings Makaua" - "The skull of the negro chief Makaua". (Yes, this book was written before political correctness had been invented.) |
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