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Diane Ackerman

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

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1939: the Germans have invaded Poland. The keepers of the Warsaw zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, survive the bombardment of the city, only to see the occupiers ruthlessly kill many of their animals. The Nazis then carry off the prized specimens to Berlin for their program to create the purest breeds, much as they saw themselves as the purest human race. Opposed to all the Nazis represented, the Zabinskis risked their lives by hiding Jews in the now-empty animal cages, saving as many as three hundred people from extermination. Acclaimed, best-selling author Diane Ackerman, fascinated both by the Zabinskis' courage and by Antonina's incredible… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-393-35425-6
  • EAN: 9780393354256
  • Produktnummer: 21869040
  • Verlag: W W Norton & Co
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 384 S.
  • Masse: H22.8 cm x B14.1 cm x D3.0 cm 333 g
  • Auflage: Movie Tie-In
  • Gewicht: 333

Über den Autor


Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the best-selling The Zookeeper's Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York.

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