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Book Synopsis
Between 1938 and 1941, the Philippine Commonwealth provided safe asylum to more than 1,300 German Jews. In highlighting the efforts by Philippine president Manual Quezon and High Commissioner Paul McNutt, Bonnie Harris offers fuller implications for our understanding of the Roosevelt administration’s response to the Holocaust.

Table of Contents
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface: Unlikely Journeys
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Open Doors to the Philippines
  • 1. Joseph Cysner: From Hamburg to Zbaszyn to Manila
  • 2. FDR, Evian, and the Refugee Crisis
  • 3. Open Hearts: Jewish Rescue in the Philippines
  • 4. Mindanao, a New Palestine
  • 5. Japan and Europe's Refugee Jews
  • 6. Peletah—Deliverance
  • Conclusion: The Will to Save
  • Afterword: New Lives, New Life
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Philippine Sanctuary A Holocaust Odyssey

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      Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
      Published 28 February 2022
      ISBN-13 9780299324643
      978-0299324643
      ISBN-10 0299324648
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      Asian history History: specific events and topics Not Just Books Stationery

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Between 1938 and 1941, the Philippine Commonwealth provided safe asylum to more than 1,300 German Jews. In highlighting the efforts by Philippine president Manual Quezon and High Commissioner Paul McNutt, Bonnie Harris offers fuller implications for our understanding of the Roosevelt administration’s response to the Holocaust.

      Table of Contents
      • Contents
      • List of Illustrations
      • Preface: Unlikely Journeys
      • Acknowledgments
      • Abbreviations
      • Introduction: Open Doors to the Philippines
      • 1. Joseph Cysner: From Hamburg to Zbaszyn to Manila
      • 2. FDR, Evian, and the Refugee Crisis
      • 3. Open Hearts: Jewish Rescue in the Philippines
      • 4. Mindanao, a New Palestine
      • 5. Japan and Europe's Refugee Jews
      • 6. Peletah—Deliverance
      • Conclusion: The Will to Save
      • Afterword: New Lives, New Life
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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