The Resource The zookeeper's wife : a war story, Diane Ackerman
The zookeeper's wife : a war story, Diane Ackerman
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First paperback edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (368 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Note
- Book includes Reading Group guide [5 p.] following the text
- Contents
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- Author's note
- Zookeeper's wife
- Details
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780393069358
- Link
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- Label
- The zookeeper's wife : a war story
- Title
- The zookeeper's wife
- Title remainder
- a war story
- Statement of responsibility
- Diane Ackerman
- Subject
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- trueElectronic books
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland | Warsaw
- Jews -- Poland | Warsaw
- Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)
- Poland -- Warsaw
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland | Warsaw -- Case studies
- Warsaw (Poland) -- Ethnic relations
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Poland | Warsaw
- Case studies
- Żabińska, Antonina
- Żabińska, Antonina
- Żabiński, Jan, 1897-1974
- Żabiński, Jan, 1897-1974
- Zoo keepers -- Poland | Warsaw -- Case studies
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ackerman, Diane
- Dewey number
- 940.53/18350943841
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D804.66.Z33
- LC item number
- A25 2008eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Żabiński, Jan
- Żabińska, Antonina
- Żabińska, Antonina
- Żabiński, Jan
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)
- World War (1939-1945)
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- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Zoo keepers
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Poland
- Label
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- Note
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Subject
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- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland | Warsaw -- Case studies
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- Case studies
- Żabińska, Antonina
- Żabińska, Antonina
- Żabiński, Jan, 1897-1974
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- Zoo keepers -- Poland | Warsaw -- Case studies
Genre
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- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2008
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best History Books: 2007
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2007
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