Screen LibraryPhilippine sanctuary : a Holocaust odyssey /
"Of the many refugee trails filled with stateless Jews fleeing Europe during the decades of the Nazi Regime, the odyssey of Cantor Joseph Cysner's escape from Hamburg to Poland to the Philippines stands unique. Joseph escaped the fate of thousands of refugees held at border-camps along the...
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The University of Wisconsin Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Madison, Wisconsin : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies
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"Of the many refugee trails filled with stateless Jews fleeing Europe during the decades of the Nazi Regime, the odyssey of Cantor Joseph Cysner's escape from Hamburg to Poland to the Philippines stands unique. Joseph escaped the fate of thousands of refugees held at border-camps along the German-Polish border in 1938 and joined hundreds of European refugee Jews ultimately saved from destruction between 1937 and 1941 by little known rescue plans in the East Asian Community of the Philippines. His rescue by Commonwealth officials President Manual Quezon and High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt, a |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780299324605 0299324605 |
| Index Number: | DS135 |
| CLC: |
K835.168.738.2 K341.4 |
| Call Number: | K341.4/H313 |