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October 15, 2008
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 | The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman | Reviewed by Alice Klein |  | Publisher: W W Norton & Co
http://www.wwnorton.com
ISBN: 0393061728
Genre: Non-Fiction
Subgenre: Biography
Release date: Sep 2007
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 323
Price: $24.95
| In Jerusalem, Yad Vashem has a Wall of Honor in the Garden of the Righteous to recognize and memorialize those who helped the Jews during World War II. Like Oskar Schindler, Antonina and Jan Zabinski risked their lives protecting their fellow human beings. They were outraged by the Third Reich’s brutal treatment of any people that they deemed to be genetically impure. They were fanatic in their idolization of purebred animals, and Antonina used this obsession to hide transient Jews in the family’s zoo.
The Zookeeper’s Wife is a story of tremendous courage, dedication, and determination. Diane Ackerman’s story of the Zabinski’s lives was truly inspirational. As a Jew, I feel this book needs to be read by all religions. Only through remembrance will the world be able to say "never again" and succeed. | | |
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