A true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands When Germany invaded poland, stuka bombers devastated warsaw - and the city's zoo along with it With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages Another dozen 'guests' hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts Jan, active in the polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed explosives in the animal hospital Meanwhile, Antonina kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants - otters, a badger, hyena pups, lynxes