Just over a month later, on April 1—a night some children would never forget—a fire ... bears and other toys was sold at auction. “I don’t believe in mixing toys and politics,” Richard ...

5) In 1902 in Giengen an der Brenz, northwest of Augsburg in Germany, the first teddy bear was created by Richard Steiff, a bear-admirer working in his Aunt Margarete's toy factory. 6) The drawing ...