| Record Number |
567146 |
| ISBN |
9780755365036 |
| 0755365038 |
| Author |
Ackerman, Diane |
| Title |
The zookeeper's wife / Diane Ackerman. |
| Cover title |
Zookeeper's wife : a true story of an unlikely heroine. |
| Publication details |
London Headline, 2013. |
| Pagination etc. |
xii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm. |
| Summary Note |
When Germany invades Poland, Luftwaffe bombers devastate Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals killed, or stolen away to Berlin, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski begin smuggling Jews into the empty cages. As the war escalates Jan becomes increasingly involved in the anti-Nazi resistance. Ammunition is buried in the elephant enclosure and explosives stored in the animal hospital. Plans are prepared for what will become the Warsaw uprising. Through the ever-present fear of discovery, Antonina must keep her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and animal inhabitants - otters, a badger, hyena pups, lynxes - as Europe crumbles around them. Written with the narrative drive and emotional punch of a novel, The Zookeeper's Wife is a remarkable true story. It shows us the human and personal impact of war - of life in the Warsaw Ghetto, of fighting in the anti-Nazi resistance. |
| Subject |
Zabinska, Antonina |
| Zabinski, Jan, -- 1897-1974 |
| World War, 1939-1945 |
| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland -- Warsaw |
| Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Biography |
| Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography |
| Zoo keepers -- Poland -- Warsaw |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Warsaw |
| Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust |
| Zoo keepers |
| History |
| Warsaw (Poland) -- Ethnic relations |
| Biography and autobiography |
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