On Demand
The Zookeeper Who Saved Human Lives
Monday, October 29, 2007
During World War II, director of the Warsaw Zoo Jan Zabinski and his wife Antonia managed to turn their Nazi-bombed park into a lifesaving shelter for around 300 Jews and Polish resistance fighters. Diane Ackerman reconstructs their remarkable story in The Zookeeper’s Wife, a vivid historical account based on Antonina's diaries as well as Ackerman's own research in Poland.
Purchase The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story at amazon.com.
Event: Diane Ackerman will be speaking
Monday, October 29 at 7:30 pm
The 92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue, at 92nd Street Y
For tickets, visit the 92nd Street Y website or call 212-415-5500.
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