When Germany invades Poland, Luftwaffe bombers devastate Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals killed, or stolen away to Berlin, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski begin smuggling Jews into the empty cages. As the war escalates Jan becomes increasingly involved in the anti-Nazi resistance. Ammunition is buried in the elephant enclosure and explosives stored in the animal hospital. Plans are prepared for what will become the Warsaw uprising. Through the ever-present fear of discovery, Antonina must keep her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and animal inhabitants - otters, a badger, hyena pups, lynxes - as Europe crumbles around them. Written with the narrative drive and emotional punch of a novel, The Zookeeper's Wife is a remarkable true story. It shows us the human and personal impact of war - of life in the Warsaw Ghetto, of fighting in the anti-Nazi resistance. But more than anything it is a story of decency and sacrifice triumphing over terror and oppression. Jan and Antonina saved over 300 people from the death camps of the Holocaust. It has already been acclaimed by Jonathan Safran Foer: 'I can't imagine a better story or storyteller. The Zookeeper's Wife will touch every nerve you have.
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paperback. Condition: New. Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2017-03-01 Pages: $number Publisher: Chongqing University Press in September 1939. the German Nazis launched a Blitzkrieg war against Poland. and Poland's Whole nation fell. Warsaw Zoo from the pre-war scenery of the Garden of Eden has degenerated into wartime pig farms. fur farm and the public garden. the director of Yaan and Mrs. Antonina using the Nazi obsession with rare animals . Seller Inventory # DP001200
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