Teacher

Diane Ackerman on war

Below are the best resources we could find featuring diane ackerman about war.

Diane Ackerman
FindCenter Video Image
08:30

Diane Ackerman, Author of “The Zookeeper’s Wife”

The Zookeeper’s Wife is about one of the most successful hideouts of World War II. It’s a tale of people, animals, transcendence, and subversive acts of compassion.

video
Diane Ackerman
2009
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story

A true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cages.

book
Diane Ackerman
2008
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

The Thisness of What Is

Diane Ackerman on the ancient tradition of meditation and mysticism that sustained two heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto.

article
Diane Ackerman
2008
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

The Zookeeper's Wife

Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.

movie
2017
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Loader Image

EXPLORE RELATED TOPICS

EXPLORE RELATED TEACHERS

UP NEXT

Maria Popova

Photo Credit: Frazer Harrison / Staff / Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images