“Under the Zabinskis, the Warsaw zoo represented a rethink of the zoological concept. “Here lived the wild” (Foran). German invaded Poland and bombed Warsaw and destroyed the one thing the Zabinskis were very passionate about and that was their zoo. The zoos grounds became the concealment of the Jewish refuges as they fled the hands of Nazis concentration camps. “An outside host or guardian like the Zabinskis was essential, because one needed a hideout, food, depending on if one lived “on the surface” or “under the surface” (Ackerman 138). Antonina used the zoo and her own home to hide Jewish refugees escaping from the ghetto. Even though it was punishable by the Nazis for housing refugees, Antonina’s zoo became a halfway house for Jew. Antonina expresses her courage and daily risks for doing
“Under the Zabinskis, the Warsaw zoo represented a rethink of the zoological concept. “Here lived the wild” (Foran). German invaded Poland and bombed Warsaw and destroyed the one thing the Zabinskis were very passionate about and that was their zoo. The zoos grounds became the concealment of the Jewish refuges as they fled the hands of Nazis concentration camps. “An outside host or guardian like the Zabinskis was essential, because one needed a hideout, food, depending on if one lived “on the surface” or “under the surface” (Ackerman 138). Antonina used the zoo and her own home to hide Jewish refugees escaping from the ghetto. Even though it was punishable by the Nazis for housing refugees, Antonina’s zoo became a halfway house for Jew. Antonina expresses her courage and daily risks for doing