The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

Genocides are an unforgettable part of a country’s history and unfortunately the universe has a bad name for repeating it. In history, there have been many genocides, some worse than the others. However, a couple have hit the bullseye, when it comes to being the worst genocides known to man. The Holocaust, mainly along with the Armenian genocide has caught the attention of people all over the world for various reasons. The author of “The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story”, Diane Ackerman captured the reality of the Holocaust in her book based on mainly the diaries of Antonina Zabinski. “The Zookeeper 's Wife: A War Story recounts how the Warsaw Zoo was mostly destroyed by bombing and shares how the Zabinskis used the empty zoo to hide and shelter Jews to save them from the Nazis ' attempted extermination” ("Diane Ackerman"). Genocides mostly seem to occur due to the hatred felt towards a particular ethnic group which results in the devastating aftermath. The Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide occurred during the era when human rights still weren’t introduced universally, as it became …show more content…
However, the Holocaust occurred on a larger scale as compared to the Armenian Genocide mostly because of the larger population and geographical area where all the events of the Holocaust transpired. The Holocaust also gained more attention as the loss was of 6 million Jews, whereas for the Armenian Genocide, the exact number of lives lost still remains unknown as many of the reports vary widely due to the lack of proper paperwork filled out during the unfortunate events. While many perpetrators were punished for the crimes they committed during the Holocaust, several countries even today refuse to acknowledge the occurrence of the Armenian Genocide as a result many walked free. However, due to these terrorizing events, the Ottoman Empire