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Zookeeper's wife : a war story / Diane Ackerman. - New York ; London : W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. - 368, [8] stron tablic : ilustracje ; 21 cm.
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Ackerman Diane (1948- ) Autor.
Form of Work
Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka
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Literatura amerykańska
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Żabińska, Antonina (1908-1971) Żabiński, Jan (1897-1974) Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny (Warszawa) Holokaust Ogrody zoologiczne Ratowanie Żydów i pomoc Żydom (1939-1945) Sprawiedliwy wśród Narodów Świata Żydzi Warszawa (woj. mazowieckie)
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Biografia
Domain
Historia
"In the 1930s, Jan Żabiński is the director of a thriving zoo in Warsaw, Poland. His wife, Antonina, has a remarkable empathy with animals, and their villa in the zoo acts as a nursery and residence for numerous animals, as well as for their son. Their life abruptly ends with the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, subsequently starting World War II (1939–1945). Most of the zoo's animals and structures are destroyed in the bombings and siege of the city. The zoo is closed under German occupation, but the Żabińskis continue to occupy the villa, and the zoo itself is converted first as a pig farm and subsequently as a fur farm..."
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Bibliografia na stronach [343]-349.
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New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the 2008 Orion Award
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