The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
This story centers on Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo, and his wife Antonina. After Poland was overrun by the Nazis and the zoo was bombed, they sheltered 300 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto in the sheds and cages left behind.
There aren't a lot of popular stories about what happened in Poland during WWII. What made this an interesting story to me is that I love animals, but I never thought about the fact that they were in danger just as much as people. I always get way more upset when animals get hurt, so the zoo animals being killed was hard to read. This book is a little tricky to follow, but the story is unique. **** 4 Stars
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