The a war story Ackerman, Diane 1948- creator text biography nyu London Headline c2013 2008 monographic eng

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xii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm 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 ��abi��ski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the ��abi��skis' 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. Diane Ackerman. Includes reading group guide. Includes bibliographical references and index. Żabiński, Jan 1897-1974 Żabińska, Antonina Jews Poland Warsaw Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust Poland Warsaw Case studies Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poland Warsaw World War, 1939-1945 Jews Rescue Poland Warsaw Zoo keepers Poland Warsaw Case studies Warsaw (Poland) Ethnic relations D804.66.Z33 A25 2013 DS134.64 A25 2013 940.53/18350943841 A 9780755365036 BTCTA 080501 20190606190038.0 227016807