Der Panzerbär—Kampfblatt für die Verteidiger Gross-Berlins ("The Armored Bear—Battle Sheet for the Defenders of Greater Berlin") was a German daily tabloid newspaper printed in the final days of the European theater of World War II in Berlin.

Front page of 23 April 1945 edition

It was produced by the Reich Ministry of Propaganda and published by the Ullstein-Verlag. It only appeared seven times altogether between 23 and 29 April 1945.[1][2] Its logo was a standing bear, referring to the coat of arms of Berlin, holding a shovel and a Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon on its shoulders. It reported on and provided Nazi propaganda regarding the Battle of Berlin against the Soviet Red Army.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Mari 2021, p. 57.
  2. ^ Hamilton 2020, p. 185.
  3. ^ Hamilton 2020, pp. 185, 282.

Sources

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  • Hamilton, A. Stephan (2020) [2008]. Bloody Streets: The Soviet Assault on Berlin, April 1945. Helion & Co. ISBN 978-1912866137.
  • Mari, Giovanni (2021). La propaganda nell'abisso. Goebbels e il giornale nel bunker. Edizioni Lindau. ISBN 9788833537023.