The zookeeper's wife /
Ackerman, Diane, 1948-
The zookeeper's wife / Diane Ackerman. - 1st ed. - 368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-349) and index.
The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw -- and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts....
The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Żabiński began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Żabińskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed explosives in the animal hospital. Meanwhile, Antonina kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants--otters, a badger, hyena pups, lynxes--and keeping alive an atmosphere of play and innocence even as Europe crumbled around her.--From publisher description.
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2007012635
Żabiński, Jan, 1897-1974.
Żabińska, Antonina.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Poland--Warsaw--Case studies.
Zoo keepers--Poland--Warsaw--Case studies.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Poland--Warsaw.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland--Warsaw.
Warsaw (Poland)--Ethnic relations.
The zookeeper's wife / Diane Ackerman. - 1st ed. - 368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-349) and index.
The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw -- and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts....
The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Żabiński began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Żabińskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed explosives in the animal hospital. Meanwhile, Antonina kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants--otters, a badger, hyena pups, lynxes--and keeping alive an atmosphere of play and innocence even as Europe crumbled around her.--From publisher description.
9780393061727 0393061728 9780739495797 0739495798 9780393333060 tpb 039333306X tpb
2007012635
Żabiński, Jan, 1897-1974.
Żabińska, Antonina.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Poland--Warsaw--Case studies.
Zoo keepers--Poland--Warsaw--Case studies.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Poland--Warsaw.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland--Warsaw.
Warsaw (Poland)--Ethnic relations.