The Zookeeper's Wife
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The time is 1939 and the place is Poland, homeland of Antonina Zabinski and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski. The Warsaw Zoo flourishes under Jan's stewardship and Antonina's care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. The Zabinskis covertly begin working with the Resistance and put into action plans to save the lives of hundreds from what has become the Warsaw Ghetto.
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Interesting book. It was not the story I was expecting. I was so tempted while reading it to do research. But I held myself back knowing it would ruin the flow of the book for me.
A zookeeper and his wife hide Polish Jews in their zoo during the Nazi occupation. I liked the information presented about Poland during WWII. This is a part of world history that I knew little about. The book seemed to jump around, from the Jewish people to zoo animals.
