Escape to Manila
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Escape to Manila

From Nazi Tyranny to Japanese Terror

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Escape to Manila

From Nazi Tyranny to Japanese Terror

About this book

A harrowing account of Jewish refugees in the Philippines

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.

In this book Frank Ephraim, who fled to Manila with his parents, gathers the testimonies of thirty-six refugees, who describe the difficult journey to Manila, the lives they built there upon their arrival, and the events surrounding the Japanese invasion. Combining these accounts with historical and archival records, Manila newspapers, and U.S. government documents, Ephraim constructs a detailed account of this little-known chapter of world history.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by Stanley Karnow
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Prologue
  8. 1. Destination: The Philippines
  9. 2. Unexpected Arrivals
  10. 3. The First Wave of Refugees
  11. 4. Manila Hears about Kristallnacht
  12. 5. Mindanao: A Plan for Jewish Settlement
  13. 6. Establishing a Life
  14. 7. What Does the Future Hold for Us?
  15. 8. Carving Out a Niche
  16. 9. War
  17. 10. Occupation
  18. 11. Can We Hold Out?
  19. 12. The Final Months of Occupation
  20. 13. The Battle
  21. 14. Reestablishing the Community
  22. 15. Leaving the Philippines
  23. Notes
  24. Index
  25. Illustrations