Escape to Manila : from Nazi tyranny to Japanese terror /
Frank Ephraim ; foreword by Stanley Karnow.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2003.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Destination: The Philippines -- 2. Unexpected Arrivals -- 3. The First Wave of Refugees -- 4. Manila Hears about Kristallnacht -- 5. Mindanao: A Plan for Jewish Settlement -- 6. Establishing a Life -- 7. What Does the Future Hold for Us? -- 8. Carving Out a Niche -- 9. War -- 10. Occupation -- 11. Can We Hold Out? -- 12. The Final Months of Occupation -- 13. The Battle -- 14. Reestablishing the Community -- 15. Leaving the Philippines -- Notes -- Index
"In this book Frank Ephraim, who fled to Manila with his parents, gathers the testimonies of thirty-six refugees. 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." "The Jews who escaped to Manila recall the long, dangerous trek from Europe to the Philippines and the elaborate series of permits, visas, and travel tickets it required. They describe the lives they built in Manila upon their arrival and the events surrounding the Japanese invasion. Under the Japanese occupation the Jews, barely settled, were faced afresh with oppression, imprisonment, torture, and death."--Jacket.
9780252091117 9781299610514
2019718420
Jews--History--Philippines--Manila--20th century. Jewish refugees--History--Philippines--Manila--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Philippines.