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The zookeeper's wife : a war story  Cover Image Book Book

The zookeeper's wife : a war story / Diane Ackerman.

Summary:

Documents the true story of Warsaw Zoo keepers and resistance activists Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who in the aftermath of Germany's invasion of Poland saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish citizens by smuggling them into empty cages and their home villa.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393333060
  • ISBN: 039333306X
  • Physical Description: 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: c2007.
"Featuring a reading group guide"--Spine.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-349) and index.
Subject: Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust > Poland > Warsaw.
Zoo keepers > Poland > Warsaw.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue.
Warsaw (Poland) > Ethnic relations.
Żabiński, Jan, 1897-1974.
Żabińska, Antonina.

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