Jan Żabiński Timeline & Summary

Jan marries Antonina and takes a job as zookeeper of the Warsaw Zoo.
Jan initially fights the Germans, but once Poland is under German occupation, he returns to the zoo.
Jan soon joins Żegota, a Polish Underground movement that uses various tricks to help Jews escape from the Ghetto.
One memorable ploy is to act as a liaison between a German officer and a large beetle collection.
When the Resistance rises up, Jan joins the battle and is taken prisoner.
Jan is shot in the neck, but he miraculously survives.
Jan returns and begins rebuilding the zoo in 1947. It reopens in 1949.