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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Headline 2007.Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 368 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 920 ZAB
LOC classification:
  • D804.66.Z33 A25 2008
  • DS134.64 .A25 2008
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Contents:
Author's note -- Zookeeper's wife -- Details -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage Non Fiction 920 ZAB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00755887

Book includes Reading Group guide [5 p.] following the text.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 9.3 16 Quiz 159168 English non-fiction.

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