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Incor­po­rat­ed is excel­lent infor­ma­tion about the Resis­tance, the Under­ground, the War­saw Ghet­to resis­tance, the War­saw upris­ing, and the hid­ing of those hunt­ed by the Nazis.

When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated. A familys idyllic existence running the Warsaw Zoo in Poland is shattered by the Nazi invasion in 1939. The author relates the rela­tion­ship between the Zabin­s­ki fam­i­ly and the Nazis, with their obses­sion with rare ani­mals. Retrouvez The Zookeepers Wife: A War Story et des millions de livres en stock sur. 5 Note 1 It stars Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh. 4 The film tells the true story of how Jan and Antonina Å»abiÅski rescued hundreds of Jews from the Germans by hiding them in their Warsaw zoo during World War II. Zabin­s­ki, who did not con­sid­er her­self a hero­ine, man­aged to save over 300 lives in spite of the Nazi occu­pa­tion, replete with its restric­tions, food short­ages, and relent­lesss hunt for Jews. The Zookeepers Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the German invasion. The Zookeepers Wife is a 2017 wardrama film directed by Niki Caro, written by Angela Workman and based on Diane Ackermans non-fiction book of the same name. The author lyri­cal­ly explores the sights, smells, flo­ra, and fau­na, as well as indi­vid­u­als and events. With most of their animals killed, or stolen away to Berlin, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski begin smuggling Jews into the empty.

The sto­ry, which takes place before and dur­ing the war, cen­ters on the zoo and its inhab­i­tants. The Zookeepers Wife will touch every nerve you have -Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated When Germany invades Poland, Luftwaffe bombers devastate Warsaw and the citys zoo along with it. This book is based upon the writ­ings of Anton­i­na Zabin­s­ki- the true life zookeeper’s wife - sur­vivor inter­views, and research. The Zookeeper’s Wife delves into a lit­tle known aspect of World War II: the part played by the War­saw Zoo in sav­ing the lives of over 300 peo­ple.