La femme du gardien de zoo

Synopsis of La femme du gardien de zoo

In Warsaw, during World War II, Jan and Antonina Zabinski run the city's zoo. After the bombings that destroy the place, killing many animals, the couple decides to use the facilities to raise pigs and, secretly, to hide and help Jews escape from the ghetto. Inspired by the diary of Antonina Zabinski, this novel tells the story of courage and humanity of a couple who saved three hundred people.