When Germany invaded Poland, Stucka bombers devastated Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began to fight their own war against the Nazis. Drawing on Antonina's diary, Diane Ackerman recreates the life of the 'zookeeper's wife' in a forgotten true story from the Second World War.

When Germany invaded Poland, Stucka bombers devastated Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it.

Zoo, Complete, Unabridged