A mirrer in Manila
Subtitle: a Mir Yeshivah student's amazing story of escape and survival
By: Dr. Mordachai Buchie Soroka
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Jerusalem; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781680253405
Subjects: Jewish refugees; Biography; World War, 1939-1945; Jews; Refugees; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Yeshivat Mir
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Background --; title: Kamenetz --; title: From Yeshivah students to refugees: leaving Mir, Vilna --; title: The Dutch connection: Curac̨ao visas --; title: Leaving mother Russia --; title: Vienna 1938-1939 and Hedy Barash --; title: Welcome to Japan --; title: Shmuel Chaim Soroka and his visa: act I --; title: The refugees outlive their welcome --; title: Next stop: Shanghai, China --; title: Leaving Shanghai --; title: Immigration policy --; title: THe Philippine Islands before the war --; title: Welcome to Manila, Philippines --; title: Jews stranded in Manila --; title: Japanese invade the Philippines --; title: Santo Thomas internment camp --; title: Jews interned at Santo Thomas --; title: Chances for early release --; title: Los Baños internment camp --; title: The return of General MacArthur --; title: International conventions: prisoners of war --; title: Rescue missions --; title: Rescue of Los Baños --; title: Liberation --; title: Japanese revenge and atrocities --; title: Manila's surviving Jews --; title: To the "Promised Land" --; title: Soroka's saga continues --; title: Shmuel Chaim Soroka and his visa: act II --; title: The war in the Pacific ends --; title: Life begins anew for Shmuel Chaim Soroka.