Title:
The zookeeper's wife / Diane Ackerman.
Format:
Book
Author:
Ackerman, Diane.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : W.W. Norton, c2007.
Description:
368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
Availability:
1 (of 1)
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Subjects:
Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Warsaw.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland -- Warsaw.
Zoo keepers -- Poland -- Warsaw.
Warsaw (Poland) -- Ethnic relations.
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ISBN:
0393061728 (hardcover)
9780393061727 (hardcover)
039333306X
9780393333060
Call Number:
940.5318 ACK 2007