The Teddy Bear from Königsberg

This teddy bear is the only remnant of my childhood. My father fought at the front and reached Königsberg [now Kaliningrad, Russia]. He barely said anything about it. When the battle was over in the city, he was supposed to go out to sea with local German fishermen to help feed the troops and the people living there. That was probably when he found this teddy bear. Later, he gave it to me as a gift. When my parents emigrated to Israel, they threw it out. I found it in the garbage and rescued it. When my wife and I came to Germany, we brought it along. How could we leave it? Now he lives on a shelf in our desk.