When Germany invades Poland, Luftwaffe bombers devastate Warsaw and the city’s zoo along with it. With most of their animals killed, or stolen away to Berlin, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Żabiński begin smuggling Jews into the empty cages. More...
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Автор: Drangsholt Janne Stigen
Серия: The Ingrid Winter Misadventure #1
Язык: английский
Год: 2017
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