The German obsession with bears

 Looking at the web you will find lots of pictures of Germans with bears. In the years 1930 -1950. Children, grownup’s and soldiers with fake bears. Mostly a man inside a bear costume. I found out that there are 3 sorts of German bears:

1 A bear at the entrance of the Berlin Zoo. A photographer took pictures of visitors with the ‘zoo bear’ 

2 the so-called Fanta Bear: a promotion by Coca Cola (Fanta) a man in a Steiff bear. Steiff is the famous producer of toy animals 

3 The Russian bear: nazi soldiers mocking the Russia Bear: one of the symbols of Russia.