During World War II, Wojciech Narebski and his fellow Polish servicemen had to lift crate after heavy metal crate of artillery. Fortunately for them, one of the soldiers had superhuman strength: Corporal Wojtek, a Syrian brown bear. The British-Polish filmmakers hope to release the family-friendly “A Bear Named Wojtek” in 2020 on the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. “The most common kind of cultural shared image that we have of a bear is that it’s a savage animal. '”After the war, Wojtek ended up at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, where he died at the age of 21 in 1963.

Source: Egypt Independent January 13, 2019 11:48 UTC