# Mittelstaedt — All Quiet on the Western Front character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hullo Mittelstaedt

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

Former classmate who later becomes a training officer.

## Relationships

### [Kantorek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/characters/kantorek)

_rivalry_

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

### [Joseph Behm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/characters/joseph_behm)

_social_

Joseph Behm and Mittelstaedt were fellow students, with Behm being one of the first to die after being pressured into enlisting.

### [Kantorek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/characters/kantorek)

_rivalry_

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

### [Joseph Behm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/characters/joseph_behm)

_social_

Joseph Behm and Mittelstaedt were fellow students, with Behm being one of the first to die after being pressured into enlisting.

### [Kantorek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/characters/kantorek)

_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

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

Paul's friend; now a superior officer who torments Kantorek.

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