The Resource The zookeeper's wife, Diane Ackerman
The zookeeper's wife, Diane Ackerman
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- Summary
- 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 çZabiânski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the çZabiânskis' 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The zookeeper's wife
- Title
- The zookeeper's wife
- Statement of responsibility
- Diane Ackerman
- Subject
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- Ethnic relations
- Holocaust, Jews (1939-1945)-Poland-Warsaw
- Poland -- Warsaw
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland | Warsaw -- Case studies
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust-Poland-Warsaw
- Warsaw (Poland) -- Ethnic relations
- Warsaw(Poland)-Ethnic relations
- World War, 1939-1945-Jews-Rescue-Poland-Warsaw
- Zoo keepers
- Case studies
- Zoo keepers-Poland_Warsaw
- çZabiânska, Antonina
- çZabiânska, Antonina
- çZabiânski, Jan, 1897-1974
- çZabiânski, Jan, 1897-1974
- Zoo keepers -- Poland | Warsaw -- Case studies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 çZabiânski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the çZabiânskis' 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
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ackerman, Diane
- Dewey number
- 940.53/18350943841
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- photographs
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D804.66.Z33
- LC item number
- A25 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- 000124218
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- çZabiânski, Jan
- çZabiânska, Antonina
- çZabiânska, Antonina
- çZabiânski, Jan
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
- Zoo keepers
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Ethnic relations
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
- Zoo keepers
- Poland
- Warsaw(Poland)-Ethnic relations
- Zoo keepers-Poland_Warsaw
- Holocaust, Jews (1939-1945)-Poland-Warsaw
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust-Poland-Warsaw
- World War, 1939-1945-Jews-Rescue-Poland-Warsaw
- Label
- The zookeeper's wife, Diane Ackerman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-349) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393354256
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations ; photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961937741
- Label
- The zookeeper's wife, Diane Ackerman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-349) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393354256
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations ; photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961937741
Subject
- Ethnic relations
- Holocaust, Jews (1939-1945)-Poland-Warsaw
- Poland -- Warsaw
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland | Warsaw -- Case studies
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust-Poland-Warsaw
- Warsaw (Poland) -- Ethnic relations
- Warsaw(Poland)-Ethnic relations
- World War, 1939-1945-Jews-Rescue-Poland-Warsaw
- Zoo keepers
- Case studies
- Zoo keepers-Poland_Warsaw
- çZabiânska, Antonina
- çZabiânska, Antonina
- çZabiânski, Jan, 1897-1974
- çZabiânski, Jan, 1897-1974
- Zoo keepers -- Poland | Warsaw -- Case studies
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- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best History Books: 2007
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2007
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