The zookeeper's wife: a war story
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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 abiski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the abiskis' 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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Ethnic relations
Europe, Eastern
History
Holocaust
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw
Jews
Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw
Military
Nonfiction
Rescue
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
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
Zoo keepers
Zoo keepers -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Case studies
Europe, Eastern
History
Holocaust
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw
Jews
Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw
Military
Nonfiction
Rescue
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
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
Zoo keepers
Zoo keepers -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Case studies
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