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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Antonina is upset as German hostilities continue, and the Nazis lock away over 400,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Two of Antonina and Jan's friends, Adam and Wanda Englert, stage a fake divorce so that Wanda can flee. But before she runs away, they throw a farewell party.
Antonina and Jan head to the party, but their trip is interrupted by a bombing. Way to kill their buzz, Nazis.
Antonina and Jan are only saved because they stopped to have a smoke. Smoking can save lives, we guess.
Antonina and Jan don't have time to rejoice in their luck, because the bombs appear to have fallen near Ryś's school.
Luckily, all the kids are safe.
Wanda ends up disappearing, but she shows up in the zoo "in the guise of Ryś's non-Jewish tutor" (12.22). Quite a magic act.

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