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I just could not pass up that title. In 1934 Nazi Herman Goering introduced the American raccoon to Germany for fur farms. Because they are so often seen washing their paws, Germans have come to call them Waschbaeren, or Wash Bears. They are invading yards and homes showing little fear of humans as they move speedily Eastward into Poland leaving a swath of burned books and bitten Jews in their wake. Nazi raccoons Washington Post