The first meeting of the non-fiction book discussion group will be held on
Tuesday April 9th @ 6:30 pm
The book for discussion at this meeting is
"The Zookeeper's Wife" by Diane Ackerman - a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.
"The Zookeeper's Wife" by Diane Ackerman - a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.
"When
Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw—and the city's
zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and
Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen
"guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for
dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts.
Jan, active in the polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the
elephant enclosure and stashed explosives in the animal hospital.
Meanwhile, Antonina kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both
its human and its animal inhabitants—otters, a badger, hyena pups,
lynxes.