Daughter of Warsaw Zoo couple who saved hundreds from Holocaust dies aged 77

Hollywood star Jessica Chastain, left, who plays the main character and Teresa Zabinska-Zawadzki, the daughter of Jan and Antonina Zabinski pose prior to the gala screening of The Zookeeper’s Wife, in Warsaw, Poland (Alik Keplicz/PA)

The daughter of former Warsaw Zoo directors Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who saved hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust by hiding them at the zoo and whose story was told in the Hollywood movie The Zookeeper’s Wife, has died.

The Polish zoo said on its Facebook page on Sunday that Teresa Zabinska-Zawadzki died the previous night, at the age of 77.