War

Overview

During the Japanese occupation, Jewish refugees joined the fight and rallied alongside Filipinos and Americans. Unbeknowst to them, their families in Europe were facing a toxic battle with the mass-killing of Jews called Holocaust. Margot Pins-Kestenbaum, Lotte Cassel-Hershfield, and Max Weissler tell how their new home turned into a battleground when the Japanese troops infiltrated the shores of Manila, while their loved ones suffered terribly back in Germany.