Book description
Jan and Antonina Zabinski were Polish Christian zookeepers horrified by Nazi racism, who managed to save over three hundred people. Yet their story has fallen between the seams of history. Drawing on Antonina's diary and other historical sources, best-selling naturalist Diane Ackerman vividly re-creates Antonina's life as "the zookeeper's wife,"…
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The book is based on the memoirs of the main character, Antonina Zabinski, a Polish Christian, as well as other historical sources, and the plot involves their efforts to save Jews living in the Warsaw ghetto. The author also weaves in details about the animals' habits and personalities.
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