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The Nonfiction Library Book Club at Fika Sisters Coffeehouse

Event Type: Adult Program
Age Group(s): Adult
Date: 5/23/2019
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Description:
 Discuss The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman.

The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed explosives in the animal hospital.
Fika Sisters Coffeehouse
201 E Sun Ranch Drive
Library: Sisters Public Library
Location: Fika Sisters Coffeehouse
Contact: Paige Bentley-Flannery
Contact Number: 5416177078