Lecture on Holocaust Rescue in the Philippines
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Lecture on Holocaust Rescue in the Philippines

  • 3/3/2015
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    Dr. Sharon Delmendo, Professor of English at St. John Fisher College in New York, conducts a lecture "An Open Door: Holocaust Rescue in the Philippines," at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, March 3.
     
    Prof. Delmendo explained how the unique political structure of the Philippine Commonwealth (1935 to 1946) allowed the Philippines to provide refuge for more than 1,300 Jews fleeing the Holocaust.
     
    The lecture is part of Israel Embassy's banner program "Thank You, Philippines."