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The zookeeper's wife
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The zookeeper's wife
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Relates the story of Jan and Antonina Zabinski, Christian zookeepers at the Warsaw Zoo, who helped save the lives of approximately three hundred Polish Jews during World War II by housing and feeding them on zoo grounds and teaching them how to "pass" as Aryan.
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Title
The zookeeper's wife
Call No
940.53 Ack
Edition
1st ed.
Authors
Ackerman, Diane
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.
Jews--Warsaw (Poland)
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Warsaw (Poland)
Holocaust, 1933-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
Zoo keepers.
Warsaw (Poland)--Ethnic relations.
Language
English
Published
New York : W. W. Norton, 2008, c2007.
Publication Desc
368 p. : ill. ;
ISBN
9780393333060 (pbk.)
Target Audience
Adult
Dimensions
21 cm.