Set in Nazi Germany at the height of the Holocaust, the Zookeeper's wife tells the story of Antonina and Jan Zabinski,keepers of the Warsaw Zoo. The pair worked tirelessly to rescue as many animals and people as possible from the deadly dangers of the Nazi agenda. The Zabinskis' face the dangers of the Nazi invasion, but continge to hide people and animals from the soldiers that seek to do them harm within the zoo's gates.