President Manuel L. Quezon – A hero from a far-away country
In the late 1930s, Philippine president, along with US High Commissioner McNutt and the Frieder brothers authorized the admission of some 1,300 European Jewish refugees who had fled from the Nazis.
NEWLY ARRIVING Jewish refugees from Europe wave from the ship ‘S.S. Awarea’ as it pulls into Haifa port in 1948(photo credit: REUTERS)ByBARUCH TENEMBAUM, EDUARDO EURNEKIAN