The Zookeeper's Wife : A War Story (CD-Audio)

from whitreidtan

Chosen by my bookclub, this non-fiction book was not exactly what I was expecting. The story of Jan and Antonina Zabinski, this story significantly changed my perceptions of what happened during World War II in Poland. Jan and Antonina Zabinski were animal lovers, deeply attached to the Warsaw Zo...

from marient

After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty aniaml cages. With animal names for these 'guests' and human names for the animals, it's no wonder the zoo's code name became 'The House...

from marient

After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty aniaml cages. With animal names for these 'guests' and human names for the animals, it's no wonder the zoo's code name became 'The House...

from thornton37814

Jan Zabinski and his wife Antonina were zookeepers of Warsaw's growing zoo before the onset of World War II. In this account, we learn not only of the horrors suffered by the animals, but also of the zoo's involvement in the Underground Movement aiding Jewish refugees. It's a spellbinding and qui...

from tianatune

The author of The Zookeeper's Wife is also a poet, a fact which is obvious in the writing style of the book. This book was my most recent book club selection and the majority of the group had the same mixed feelings about it. Pros: The Zabinskis' true story of hiding Jews in their zoo in Poland i...