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how president manuel quezon saved jews during the holocaust

“Quezon’s Game”: How a Filipino President Saved Over a Thousand Holocaust Jews

06/05/201906/05/2019 FilipiKnow "open door" policy, adolf hitler, facts about manuel quezon, Herbert Frieder, holocaut, jews, life of manuel l. quezon, manuel luis quezon, manuel quezon, manuel quezon contributions, Oskar Schindler, philippine history, pinoy trivia, president manuel quezon, schindler's list, US Colonel Dwight Eisenhower, US High Commissioner Paul McNutt

It was an inspiring story of courage only being retold lately. But how did President Quezon become a key part of this historic moment?

How Philippines became a left hand drive country

History and Politics Today I Learned

Filipinos used to drive “right-hand-drive” cars

05/26/201905/26/2019 FilipiKnow Executive Order No. 34, History of Transportation in the Philippines, How Philippines became a left-hand-drive country, Philippines used to be a right-hand-drive country, President Sergio Osmeña, Right-hand-drive cars in the Philippines, WWII in the Philippines

Unknown to many, Philippines used to be a right-hand-drive country. This article explores how and why it all changed.

History and Politics People and Places Today I Learned

From Mountain Boy to Governor: The Incredible Story of Pitapit

05/15/201905/15/2019 FilipiKnow 1923 Baguio Carnival, benevolent assimilation, Bishop Charles H. Brent, first Igorot doctor, first Igorot governor of the Mountain Province, Hilary Clapp, Igorot, Luis Pawid, Martina Salming, Pitapit, Walter Clayton Clapp

An Igorot boy met an American. What happened next will amaze you.

History and Politics Science and Nature Today I Learned

Midnight Shocker of ’76: Remembering The Deadliest Tsunami In Philippine History

04/22/201904/24/2019 FilipiKnow 1976 Moro Gulf Earthquake, Deadliest Tsunami in the Philippines, Earthquake and Tsunami of 1976, Moro Gulf Earthquake, Moro Gulf Earthquake and Tsunami, Strongest and Deadliest Earthquake to Ever Hit the Philippines, Strongest Earthquake in Philippine History, The 1976 Moro Gulf Tsunami

If there’s anything that the Mindanao tsunami and earthquake could teach us, it would be the universal truth that terrible things always happen when we least expect it.

History and Politics People and Places Today I Learned

Behind The Lyrics: The Mother Who Inspired “Sa Ugoy Ng Duyan”

04/15/201904/15/2019 FilipiKnow angono, art capital of the philippines, inspiration behind sa ugoy ng duyan, levi celerio, lucio san pedro, rizal, sa ugoy ng duyan, soledad diestro

This is how a mother’s lullaby gave birth to a bittersweet song created just as much for adults as it is for children.

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