The Zookeepers’ War is a history book by J. W. Mohnhaupt, Shelley Frisch.
The incredible true story of the strangest proxy war of the Cold War, which took place between zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall.

The 1960s often felt like living in a zoo, people crammed behind walls, with the world watching. On the other side of the Iron Curtain, the spacious and lush East Berlin zoo, a socialist utopia where everything is perfectly planned.

The War of the Zookeepers is an epic tale of desperate competition, human folly and an animal-crazed city in which zoo care becomes a political continuation. by other means.

Berlin’s two zoos quickly became symbols of the two halves of the city divided. No one was too surprised when zoo heads on both sides started an arms race with the animals – instead of hoarding nuclear warheads, competing for the most pandas and hippos. State funds have been quietly diverted to give these new animals the lavish welcome deserved by visiting dignitaries. West German presidential candidates talked about zoo policy during the election campaign. Ultimately politicians on both sides of the Wall believe that if their zoo turns out to be poor, it will mean their entire country’s ideology too.

• The Zookeepers’ War

• An Incredible True Story from the Cold War
• By: J. W. Mohnhaupt, Shelley Frisch

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