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title: Rescue in The Philippines - Refuge from the Holocaust
date: 2021-12-23T03:40:42-06:00
canonical_url: "https://janson.com/streaming/rescue-in-the-philippines-refuge-from-the-holocaust"
section: Streaming
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# Rescue in The Philippines - Refuge from the Holocaust

The untold story of how the five Frieder brothers, Cincinnati businessmen making two-for-a-nickel cigars in World War II Manila, together with Manuel Quezon, the charismatic first president of the Philippines, Paul McNutt, U.S. High Commissioner, and an ambitious U.S. Army Colonel named Dwight Eisenhower, helped 1,300 Jews escape Hitler's Nazis and immigrate to the Philippines.

- **Type:** Film
- **Director:** Russ Hodge
- **Released:** 2013
- **Runtime:** 55 min
- **Genres:** [Documentary](https://janson.com/streaming?genre=documentary), [Historical](https://janson.com/streaming?genre=historical)
- **Language:** [English](https://janson.com/streaming?language=english)

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