Panzerbär

Front page of 23 April 1945 edition

Der Panzerbär—Kampfblatt für die Verteidiger Gross-Berlins (The Panzer 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.

Published by the Ullstein-Verlag, it only appeared seven times altogether between 23 and 29 April 1945. Its logo was a bear, referring to the coat of arms of Berlin, holding a Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon. It reported on and provided Nazi propaganda regarding the fight for the city against the Soviet Red Army.

See also[]

• Other newspapers of Nazi Germany:
  • Der Angriff ("The Attack"), Joseph Goebbels' Berlin-based newspaper
  • Berliner Arbeiterzeitung ("Berlin Workers Newspaper"), Gregor and Otto Strasser's newspaper, representing the more "socialist" wing of the Nazi Party
  • Illustrierter Beobachter ("Illustrated Observer"), illustrated companion to the Völkischer Beobachter
  • Das Reich, a weekly newspaper founded by Goebbels
  • Das Schwarze Korps ("The Black Corps"), the official newspaper of Heinrich Himmler's Schutzstaffel (SS)
  • Der Stürmer ("The Stormer"), Julius Streicher's Nuremberg-based virulently antisemitic and frequently semi-pornographic newspaper
  • Völkischer Beobachter ("People's Observer"}, the official Nazi newspaper, published in Munich

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• Picture of the final edition of the Panzerbär from April 29, 1945
• Panzerbär from April 23 to April 29, 1945