“Rescue in the Philippines” Reviews Begin To Roll In
Reviews of “Rescue in the Philippines” are starting to come in. Here are reviews from the Village Voice in New York and the San Francisco Chronicle.
- The Village Voice
- San Francisco Chronicle
Rescue in the Philippines, Refuge from the Holocaust
Sunday, Apr 7 5:00p to 7:00p
New People
San Francisco, CA
The documentary tells the story of how the Frieder brothers, Cincinnati businessmen manufacturing cigars in pre-World War II Philippines, together with Manuel Quezon, the first Philippine president, US High Commissioner Paul McNutt and Col. Dwight Eisenhower, helped 1200 Jews escape the Nazis by immigrating to the Philippines. It’s the “Schindler’s List” that nobody knows about!