Jewish mother, Margaret Gruenbaum, had already lost her husband to a Nazi death camp. Now the order went out that she and her two children, Michael and Marietta, were doomed and scheduled to be deported, thus on their way to the death camp at Auschwitz. But Margaret persisted and convinced the Germans that her job of making teddy bears for German children for Christmas, was important and necessary for German Christmas-time family morale. The Germans were convinced and a telegram was sent taking her and her children off the death list. The celebration of the birth of Christ, and teddy bears, saved three Jews who survived the war! – Dr. Mal Couch
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