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 Żabiński began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Żabińskis' 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
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393061727
- Label
- The zookeeper's wife
- Title
- The zookeeper's wife
- Statement of responsibility
- Diane Ackerman
- 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 Żabiński began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Żabińskis' 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ackerman, Diane
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jews
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Zoo keepers
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Label
- The zookeeper's wife, Diane Ackerman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-349) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 122291559
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393061727
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2007012635
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- The zookeeper's wife, Diane Ackerman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-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
- Control code
- 122291559
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393061727
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2007012635
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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