TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ackerman, Diane,
TI  - The zookeeper's wife: a war story 
AV  - D804.66.Z33 A25 2008
U1  - 920 ZAB 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London
PB  - Headline
KW  - Żabiński, Jan,
KW  - Żabińska, Antonina.
KW  - Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)
KW  - fast
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
KW  - Jews
KW  - Poland
KW  - Warsaw
KW  - Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
KW  - Case studies
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Rescue
KW  - Zoo keepers
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Warsaw (Poland)
KW  - sears
N1  - 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; Accelerated Reader; Grades 9-12; 9.3; 16; Quiz 159168; English non-fiction
N2  - 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007012635.html
ER  -