''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

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. 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. Its logo was a standing

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, 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

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regarding the Battle of Berlin against the Soviet

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*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 Strasserite 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

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'' (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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