Herr Meets Hare is a 1945 anti-Nazi Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.[2] The short was released on January 13, 1945, and features Bugs Bunny.[3] This short, released not long before the collapse of the Third Reich, was the penultimate wartime themed cartoon from Warner Bros. (Draftee Daffy was the last) being released just under four months before Victory in Europe Day.