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    resultant close relationship between keeper and animal, Dörflein became a reluctant celebrity. Dörflein was born in Berlin's Wedding neighborhood, but was...
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    incubator before zookeeper Thomas Dörflein began raising him. Knut's need for round-the-clock care required that Dörflein not only sleep on a mattress...
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    mother on the day of birth. He was subsequently raised by zookeeper Thomas Dörflein and became the center of a mass media phenomenon that spanned the globe...
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    up in the area. Hans Coppi (1916-1942), German resistance fighter Thomas Dörflein (1963–2008), zookeeper, best known for raising Knut the polar bear...
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  • Thomas Dörflein (1963–2008), German zookeeper Thomas Doughty (artist) (1793–1856), American artist associated with the Hudson River School Sir Thomas...
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    about cute little polar bear Knut who gets raised by his zookeeper Thomas Dörflein at Berlin Zoological Garden and subsequently becomes a beloved celebrity...
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  • 1911) 2007 – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (b. 1923) 2008 – Thomas Dörflein, German zookeeper (b. 1963) 2008 – Petrus Schaesberg, German painter...
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  • diplomat. H. Dale Cook, 84, American federal judge since 1974, cancer. Thomas Dörflein, 44, German zookeeper, surrogate parent of the polar bear Knut, heart...
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  • German swimmer October 9 - Anja Jaenicke, German actress October 13 - Thomas Dörflein, German zookeeper (died 2008) October 27 Farin Urlaub, German singer...
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    and Dörfleins (population 1,380). The town also has these traditional rural land units, known in German as Gemarkungen: Hallstadt and Dörfleins (it is...
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