Bookshelf Home
Suggest a List

Genres

The Zookeeper's Wife

Author: Diane Ackerman
Year: 2007
Genre: Non-Fiction - Holocaust Literature

Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo, and his wife, Antonina, who, with courage and coolheaded ingenuity, sheltered 300 Jews as well as Polish resisters in their villa and in animal cages and sheds. Based partially on Antonina's diaries and on the author's research, this is a fascinating story.

Link to catalogue