PSGM Film Screening: "Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust"
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Join PSGM for a screening and conversation about this one-hour documentary of how the five Frieder brothers, Cincinnati businessmen making two-for-a-nickel cigars in pre-WWII
Manila; Manuel Quezon, first president of the Philippines; Paul McNutt, US High Commissioner and former governor of Indiana;
and an ambitious Army Colonel named Dwight Eisenhower – helped 1,300 Jews escape the Nazis and immigrate to the Philippines. It is a fascinating, yet seldom-told chapter in World War 2 history.
Discussion/Conversation After the Movie Showing. Light refreshments provided.
For more info: Meg Layese, 651-646-1985; [email protected]
Manila; Manuel Quezon, first president of the Philippines; Paul McNutt, US High Commissioner and former governor of Indiana;
and an ambitious Army Colonel named Dwight Eisenhower – helped 1,300 Jews escape the Nazis and immigrate to the Philippines. It is a fascinating, yet seldom-told chapter in World War 2 history.
Discussion/Conversation After the Movie Showing. Light refreshments provided.
For more info: Meg Layese, 651-646-1985; [email protected]
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Where is it happening?
1380 Frost Ave, Maplewood, MN, United States, Minnesota 55109, 1380 Frost Ave, St Paul, MN 55109-4421, United States
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Host or PublisherPhilippine Center of Minnesota
