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The Zookeeper's wife :

by Ackerman, Diane, Edition statement:1st paperback ed. Published by : W.W. Norton, (New York :) Physical details: 368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21cm. ISBN:9780393333060 (pbk.); 039333306X (pbk.); 9780393061727; 9781439560013; 1439560013; 0393061728.
Subject(s): Żabiński, Jan, -- 1897-1974. | Żabińska, Antonina. | Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw. | Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Case studies. | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland -- Warsaw. | Zoo keepers -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Case studies. | Warsaw (Poland) -- Ethnic relations.
Year: 2008
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Non-fiction 		Adult reading level 940.53 ACK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39124000255417

Book includes reading book guide [5 p.].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-349) and index.

Author's note -- Zookeeper's wife -- Details -- Bibliography -- 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 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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