- Jews, Zoo keepers, Ethnic relations, Case studies
The time is 1939 and the place is Poland, homeland of Antonina Zabinski and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski. The Warsaw Zoo flourishes under Jan's stewardship and Antonina's care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. The Zabinskis covertly begin working with the Resistance and put into action plans to save the lives of hundreds from what has become the Warsaw Ghetto.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Diane Ackerman
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press, W. W. Norton, W. W. Norton & Company
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780393333060
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Diane Ackerman is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her wide-ranging curiosity and poetic explorations of the natural world. - Wikipedia
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