aired the week of February 1, 2021

The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman is a non fiction account of Jan and Antonina Zabinski the zookeepers for the Warsaw Zoo during Nazi occupation.  The couple used the zoo and their influence and connections to help over 300 Jews escape from Warsaw.  Pick up this fascinating account of their experiences based on Antonina's diary among other sources.  This book was published in 2007 and the movie of the same name was released in 2017.