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I finished "The Zookeeper's Wife" by Diane Ackerman. This is a true story that for some reason didn't become well known outside of Poland, until now. The setting is Warsaw, Poland in the late 1930's through World War II. It's central characters are the zoo keeper and his wife and their lives before and during the German invasion. From running a very successful zoo to becoming a part of the underground that helped get Jews out of the Warsaw Ghetto the author successfully documents (from many different sources including the zoo keeper's wife's diaries) their lives and the lives of so many that they helped. After the animals were taken from the zoo the cages became hideouts for many families on their way to freedom. A very interesting and thought provoking read.