The New York Times bestseller soon to be a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain. A true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. After their zoo was bombed; Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cages. With animal names for these "guests;" and human names for the animals; it's no wonder that the zoo's code name became "The House Under a Crazy Star." Best-selling naturalist and acclaimed storyteller Diane Ackerman combines extensive research and an exuberant writing style to re-create this fascinating; true-life story―sharing Antonina's life as "the zookeeper's wife;" while examining the disturbing obsessions at the core of Nazism. Winner of the 2008 Orion Award. 8 pages of illustrations
#64999 in Books 1997-05-17Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.20 x 1.20 x 6.20l; 1.37 #File Name: 039331619X416 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. surprisingly goodBy jose de castroVery good; impartial and thorough.It is distant but well based history; thought- provoking view upon your former acquired opinions2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The definite book on why the Allies won and also ...By MGThe definite book on why the Allies won and also why the axis lost. From ressource management(the author explains that while the Soviet Airforce were producing only 8 type to simplify production of aircrafts ;the Luftwaffe was working on 400 differents type of aircraft). In the squandering of ressources the author mentions that the V weapons were costly to make ; compare to the heavy bombing of Germany the V1 and V2 rocket barely sractched London and Antwerp. The USAAF study in 1946 showed that if those vengeance weapons would not have been made; the Luftwaffe could had produced 19 000 more fighters! Also the allies had the moral ascendy even while not perfect(Stalin was a paranoid dictator who killed millions). What I mean by that is that all the axis did whas plundering the conquered lands.There many more subjects on why World War two went the way it went. A must have book for every person interested by World War two.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An engaging perspective of WWIIBy Bucky BadgerI really enjoyed this book; having read it as part of a college history course. As the title notes; the book analyzes the strategies; mistakes; and successes of the participants in WWII offering insights with both qualitative and quantitative supports. The reader might not agree with some of the author's conclusions but the material is presented in way that provokes thought and discussion. Not quite the typical war book of which I have read quite a few.
