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The zookeepers' war : an incredible true story from the Cold War

The zookeepers' war : an incredible true story from the Cold War

DAISY Sound Recording 2019

In the second half of the twentieth century, while America and the Soviet Union battled for global supremacy, East and West Berlin waged their own Cold War in miniature. But theirs was an arms race measured not in nuclear warheads and missiles but in zebras and hippos. West Berlin's zoo and East Berlin's animal park were more than just their countries' most popular destinations - they were symbols of their respective systems of government. Soon,...