The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman

I'm now on to a piece of non-fiction dealing with the Holocaust. This one is about Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo, and his wife, Antonina. Together, with the help of their son they sheltered 300 Jews as well as Polish resisters in their villa and in the empty animal cages and sheds of their zoo. Diane Ackerman has used Antonina's diary to assist in creating this book. It sounds pretty amazing and has gotten great reviews. I'm always fascinated too by the people who stood up to Nazi hatred during the Holocaust and tried to do the right thing. I'll let you know.

Update:  I finished the Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman. It was really good. It definitely read more like a novel than a non-fiction WWII/Holocaust book. There were certainly parts of this book that were unbelievable and heartbreaking but for the most part it was a book about an amazing woman's courage in a time of complete chaos. It focused on Antonina, her husband Jan and son Rhys all who risked their lives during WWII to house hundreds of refugees on the run. They did this by housing them in their home located on the grounds of the Moscow zoo as well as hiding them in the cages and underground passageways. It was an amazing story. Definitely recommended