With the rise of Nazism in the 1930s more than a thousand European Jews sought refuge in the Philippines; joining the small Jewish population of Manila. When the Japanese invaded the islands in 1941; the peaceful existence of the barely settled Jews filled with the kinds of uncertainties and oppression they thought they had left behind. Escape to Manila gathers the testimonies of thirty-six refugees; who describe the difficult journey to Manila; the lives they built there; and the events surrounding the Japanese invasion. Combining these accounts with historical and archival records; Manila newspapers; and U.S. government documents; Frank Ephraim constructs a detailed account of this little-known chapter of world history.
#1378673 in Books 1997-08-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .80 x 6.00l; .82 #File Name: 0252066774240 pages
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