# Kantorek — All Quiet on the Western Front character guide

> Kantorek in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Territorial Kantorek

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

Patriotic schoolmaster who shamed his students into enlisting.

## Relationships

### [Mittelstaedt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/characters/mittelstaedt)

_rivalry_

Kantorek, the former schoolmaster, is humiliated and dominated by his former student Mittelstaedt, who now holds power over him in the military.

### [Boettcher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/characters/boettcher)

_rivalry_

Boettcher, a former student, confronts Kantorek with bitterness for his manipulative patriotic rhetoric that sent them to war.

### [Mittelstaedt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/characters/mittelstaedt)

_rivalry_

Kantorek, the former schoolmaster, is humiliated and dominated by his former student Mittelstaedt, who now holds power over him in the military.

### [Mittelstaedt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/characters/mittelstaedt)

_rivalry_

Kantorek, the former schoolmaster, is humiliated and dominated by his former student Mittelstaedt, who now holds power over him in the military.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/chapters/i)

Former schoolmaster who pressured the class to enlist; sends his best wishes via letter.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/chapters/ii)

Referenced as the teacher who called the boys 'Iron Youth' and pushed them toward war.

### [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/chapters/vii)

Former schoolmaster; now a territorial soldier humiliated by Mittelstaedt.

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