One of these Jewish refugee is a Physics professor called Mr. Binks who later taught at the Far Eastern University in Manila. He was my late father’s physics professor during the 60’s when my dad was studying Engineering. My dad said he’s a fellow professor with Einstein when was in Germany. He was nice man, become friends with my dad and would sometimes visit with his wife at our house and have dinner in the 70’s.
Wow, this is a fact that many people don't know about. In addition to what President Quezon did to rescue so many Jews, there is another little known fact that it was the Philippines that cast the tie-breaking vote in the United Nations to allow the establishment of the State of Israel. In honor of these contributions by the Philippines to help the Jewish people, Philippine citizens were granted visa-free travel to Israel and vice-versa. God bless these two countries!
@@javier.alvarez764 By definition: "prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized." Racist ka din.
We do still have politicians like Quezon. This movie is just a portion of who he really is. As a politician, Quezon was very ambitious. He favors American interest so he can always have their support.
The Philippines needs more movies like this but unfortunately most of our film makers values revenue over quality hence making trash films with shitty special effects that the masses still buy anyways.
President Manuel Quezon is one of the great Filipino heroes in my country, the Philippines. I first learned from this about rescue the European Jewish from the holocaust and Nazi.
this is should've been etched in the pages of Ph early education. Even our history classes has no mention of this good deed. Such a good thing to know but so little Filipinos know about this.
Because the abnormal aquino family changed all the textbooks of history in philippine schools, books in philippine school is all about Marshal law and how this aquino is a hero
You're blinded and delusional. If you actually spend some time to read history books it's more than the martial law. Don't involve politics and your hate in this channel. Go somewhere else where you can spread your fake propaganda.
Manuel Quezon is the best Filipino President for me. He was courageous and a brave soldier during the Filipino-Spanish War. It was unfortunate that he died of Tuberculosis without seeing the Philippines gain independence.
But we are an independent country since Aguinaldo right? And Diosdado Macapagal just moved the original date if our independence... (Correct me if I am wrong)
@@wheresvranzlol2405 not really. We were still being occupied during those times. America and Japan invaded our country respectively after we gained independence from the Spaniards.
Hello Commander Erwin, it's sad how Levi, your little sweetheart, chose to save Armin over you. Anyway, can you please give me some Chcken Joy. Thanks!
@@azrieldalusong5042 Is it bullshit when they're replacing our Japanese War heroes, Vicente Lim, Jose Abad Santos, and Josefa Llanes Escoda with a Philippine eagle? These people fought and died for our freedom and this is how the BSP "honors" them. What next? Are they gonna replace Jose Rizal with a picture of a fucking dog?
@@theshriekinghominin1760 calm down, if your only way of honoring them is putting their faces on a paper then you need a wake up call🤡 Don’t cry too much🤣😂😅
I am a filipino. In the mid seventies, I had became a friend of a Jewish man . He narrated that when he was about 2 yrs old in the early 1930, the Nazis in Germany were planning to persecute the Jews and annihilating them. Being aware of these Nazi plans his parents decided to seek asylum elsewhere , and fate brought them here to the Philippines where they resided here in a Visayan island. By 1938,during which Nazi already killed thousand of Jews, his family already established a quiet life here in the Philippines.Nearing the end of WWII he was working for the US army as a warehouse man in an army base camp where he had the opportunity to study Electronics from the american GIs and by correspondence. He became adept in this skill that i was one of the few lucky people who he taught my present skills. I cried when he died in 1989. He was a great Teacher and a Friend.
Thanks for featuring this movie. A Schindler's list like movie with our President Quezon as the hero along with his friends Col. Eisenhower, High Commissioner Paul McNut and Frieders brothers.
Schools should really make their students watch historical Movies like this... Especially here in the Philippines... most Filipinos are still blinded and ignorant about their past. And if all leaders in every nations that exist in this world be as compassionate as Quezon.. I think the world would have less drama and evil.
Yeah I came from Quezon City (moved to LA), you will NOT stop hearing his name. A small memorial park is literally in the center of the roundabout smack center of the city (Quezon City Circle)
I'm a Filipino yet I ever and even wonder why Pres. Quezon's heroic act, such as this, WAS NEVER TAUGHT to us in grade school, high school and even college history subjects.
I liyerally just learned this! If they taught this back in elementary and in high school, I would've been hella interested to learn unlike the five sentence summaries they make of the presidents
I guess it depends on the teacher as this was taught to us in elementary. Our teacher was a social science major who also became my classmate in masters at PNU.
Amazing true story that few Filipinos and Americans know about. Even American Jews don't know about Quezon. As a proud graduate of the University of the Philippines, College of Dentistry, I met and played chess with several German Jews that Quezon saved. As an American Jew, it makes me mad that the Yad Vashem in Israel does not give President Quezon the proper recognition that is due him.
Fred, Interesting story you have . Sad to say, Majority of Pilipinos & the world especially the new generation ever knew this part of our / world History . Somehow, utube has been a good tool for others to Know. Although still not enough to go around . It would be great, you an Israelite with your story, experience here could be shared to your kababayan , this event that only a few of your fellow Israelites knew.
The philippines has been blessed when our beloved president quezon did this to the choosen people. Thanks for featuring our country and heroic deeds of our president.
I was a silent viewer of this channel for a long time. I didn't expect you to cover a Filipino movie not to mention about a biopic of a former PH President!!
Great movie. And to think that this was directed by Matthew Rosen who is a jew and married to a filipino lorena H. Rosen who also helped in this movie. The actor with a scar on his face is Dean Rosen who is the son of the Director. I think its just right that they make this movie to see how jews see it from their perspective.
Watching these films gives me hope for modern day Philippine cinema. Most entries in the Film Festival they have in recent years consist mostly of cash grabs featuring local popular celebrities which is disappointing.
It is quite sad tbh, most of our filipino movies are all about drama, comedy (which is a cringe fest to me), romance, these are the only things our movie makers recently do for the pass years none of the movies are either related to history or just for entertainment (well the entertaining part is mostly a well made comedy movies or relatable drama is alright for me and some others as well)
@@TheMightyCrucibleKnight184 yeah. And those promotes influence to children on having interest with romance at such early ages, even worse, people seem to encourage them. I know since I know a number of people in my life that think about nothing but romance and shit
@@NurseAmamiya yep, so sad that some of the female filipino teenagers or above are getting pregnant and having a scoundrel for a father (note sorry I'm tired so I can't say the words I am formulating into a proper conversation all that I just said is painful, harsh, truth of these romance influence and sometimes giving depressions to the younger viewer).
One of the few things I love about this movie is how they managed to portray the Americans' hero-complex and prejudice. After the 2nd world war, Americans bought our country from Spain (check for The Treaty of Paris). Both sides conducted the Mock Battle of Manila, Spain left, then America propagated the idea that they 'saved' us. They remained in the Philippines at the pretense of 'guiding' us until we can walk independently. They campaigned for Benevolent Assimilation policy. I quote from McKinley: "The Philippines is ours not to exploit but to develop, to civilize, to educate, and to train in the science of self-government." A lot of high-ranking Americans thought we were uncivilised and greatly incapable of governing, thinking, and standing up for ourselves. In some accounts, McKinley even thought we're a country of idiots. This movie managed to show how little Americans thought of Filipinos and how are ancestors rebelled against this. It also shows how all this hate and prejudice can be mended. Edited for the correction below: I mixed the order of events and thanks to the person below for noticing. - - Due to the Treaty of Paris, the Spanish-American war ended - America compensated Spain so they could occupy the Philippines. The Mock Battle of Manila was the fruit of the treaty to put on a show. There is already American occupation when WWII erupted and their "Benevolent Assimilation" in the Philippines has long been placed.
"After the 2nd world war, Americans bought our country from Spain (check for The Treaty of Paris)." treaty of paris was in 1898... long before world war 2
@@yungjoshx I double checked and you were right, my bad. I mixed the order of events. Due to the Treaty of Paris, the Spanish-American war ended - America compensated Spain so they could occupy the Philippines. The Mock Battle of Manila was the fruit of the treaty to put on a show. There is already American occupation when WWII erupted and their "Benevolent Assimilation" in the Philippines has long been placed.
So blowing up the American ship "Maine" in Havana, Cuba was also part of the "mock up" global war between a declining world power Spain(lost all her colonies) and the rising power America that spills into the Philippines. Come on you can do more than that....Anyway, just your own opinion right? America actually paid 20 million usd for the infrastructure owned by Spain in her colonies.
@@hisoka866 It was literally called the "Battle of Manila" because Spanish forces and American forces aided by Philippine Revolutionary Army led by Aguinaldo engaged battle IN MANILA. Spain and America is legally in war at the time, the battle was orchestrated so Spain could transfer power to America, hence the American troops were able to took control of Intramuros. Negotiation between America and Spain has already started before the battle and before the year ends (1898), this negotiation has come to be The Treaty of Paris. Philippines, by all means, were already handed to the Americans after that "peace" talk. If that's not understandable enough, due to The Treaty of Paris, America acquired my country for 20 million usd from Spain.
In the Philippines Manuel L. Quezon Is still very much resepcted by the Philippines and also considered the father of the Philippine national language since he was the one who arrange for all of the representatives of the major language groups and experts of the language and writing to make a standard language all filipinos can communicate by not being spanish or English which became tagalog and eventually filipino
Unfortunately not many are interested In knowing why it was not English or Spanish that Quezon declared as the national language and even why there was a need to declare a national language. Quezon was being practical in not declaring English or Spanish as the national language because Spanish and English were never and still was not the general language in 1937, when Quezon declared a national language " Today there is not one language that is spoken and understood by all the Filipinos, nor even by a majority of them, It is unnecessary for me to demonstrate how essential it is for our people to have one language that can be used by all in their daily intercourse. Such language cannot be either English or Spanish, except perhaps, if ever, only after many generations and at a very great cost. We cannot wait that long.” -- Manuel L Quezon www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1937/12/30/speech-of-president-quezon-on-filipino-national-language-december-30-1937/ Quezon mentioned in his speech that the status of Spanish in the Philippines was still the same (1937) as it was during Rizal’s time. Quezon quoted Rizal: Spanish will never be the language generally spoken in the country; the people will never speak it. Each people has its own way of thinking. You are trying hard to divest yourselves of your own personality as a people; you forget that as long as a people preserves its language, it retains a token of its liberty, just as a man retains his freedom so long as he preserves his own independence of thought. A language expresses the ideas and ideals of a people.”-El Filibusterismo, Jose Rizal
I'm a Filipino and have to watch this for a class, it's pretty awesome watching knowing that this is part of our history and now I got to see it being reviewed in your channel 😊
And until now the relationship between Israel and Philippines is still good. 🤗 Also in supporting to legalize Israel as a country in its own state, Philippines was the first to sign with no hesitation 🥳
That is why we Filipinos no matter how we are discriminated by other people we still accept everybody with open arms. As President Manuel L. Quezon says " Because it is the right thing to do."
He reminds me of superman, he's uses his power for good. He doesn't care about himself but his country, he was dying but he served his country even more. He's a hero in my heart, no one can change that in my mind.
Omg! Can’t help it but cry.. he’s one of the forgotten or at least underrated heroes of world war 2! Not just in one land but in other land and people..
As a Filipino, I really love and proud of my coutry, he's really one of the greatest hero and president of the Philippines🥰🥰🥰 12:42 They were determined to save many more, but then the Japanese came out of nowhere and invaded the Pilippines? What a bad timing😔😔😔
If i can travel through time he's one of the people that i want to talk to. If he says that he wants to do more for the people, i will tell him "You've done enough sir, please rest"😢 This is so beautiful i literally cried. This video just popped up in my recommendations. I'm so sad that he didn't live to see the end of war. Maybe he didn't succeed in saving the masses that he planned out but to me he's done enough.
Facts: Quezon City(named after President Quezon) is the largest city in Metro Manila though Manila is the capital. And He has a museum (Museo ni Manuel Quezon) located in Quezon Memorial Circle. I personally visited his museum as far as remember there was a hospital bed used by Pres. Quezon. *I live in QC skl
Oh my lord THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, Manila was comparable to New york or London, just with a bit more diversity. It was like a mini europe on asia, like how hong kong is, but add in german, Italian and american influences, there were tram stations, british tea shops, and drinkable tap water. Imagine this, in a single street you could have a pilipino walk down a street and see british tea houses and a japanese garden right next to it. Shame it's was all burned down... And you could probably guess which monsters did that
not only did the Philippines accept Jewish refugees in the 1940's, they also wholeheartedly received Vietnamese boat people fleeing the Vietnam war in the 1970's en masse.
I'm a Filipino from the Philippines, the first time I heard about Quezon helping Jews was when I helped an elderly couple while waiting for a flight on my way to Lake Tahoe. We talked for a while and the old man told me how America was a blessing for their family, but never getting into specifics. While we boarded the same flight, the old man greeted me as he headed to first class. The man beside me was shocked and asked how I knew the man. He said their family practically owned half of Hollywood and the casino city we were headed to. To this day, I keep wondering who that elderly couple was and how ironic I only first heard about Quezon's efforts from him instead of school in the Philippines.
The amount of respect I have for this president is more than everyone knows he inspire me in many ways and a good picture of humanity a really highly respected person he just expand my view in the world and everything yoi will never be forgotten your story will always be here with us and will be shared to generations to generations to inspire all people thank you for your service president Manuel Quezon❤
Heartfelt and touching. History is meant to be told with compassion and with a sense of meaning. I understand now the human kindness of the Filipino. I am and will always be proud of my Filipino heritage. Though I was born in the USA. I always refer to Dr Jose Rizal's quote: "He who does not know where he comes from. May not be able to reach his ambitions in the present. For a promising future". The Philippines is my ancestral-homeland. Maraming, Maraming salamat President Manuel L. Quezon. I will teach my children who are part Samoan/Polynesian. Their Filipino Heritage as well.
Wow never saw this movie before. No wonder my late Mom adored him so much. She said life in his time was abundant. She was a new grad teacher and Quezon's order to send all new grad teachers to educate every single Filipinos even in remote barrios/barangays.
of course we are.. imagine a country that is considred by others as land of slaves and maids and prostitutes actually contributed some good things to the world from the past.. we are proud of that..
💕 We had or we have a great a selfless president who did a difficult heroic choice for other race like the Jews.!! We, Filipinos are all proud of you Manuel Luis Quezon. 💐🤍💛💙❤️🇵🇭
I just wanna say thank you Movie Recap for Putting this vid into your list as a Filipino Im very happy because I'm also loving all the vids that you recap on this Channel✨🇵🇭
Thank you for the review, I have sought to view the movie here in the Philippines and have been unsuccessful in finding it in the Philippines. The Capital City in the Philippines and it's most populated city is Quezon City, it is one of the most populated cities in the Whole World. Pronounce his name like Quezon City - like cheese in Spanish. Great review, thank you.
His name is Manuel...reminds me of Jesus' name, Emmanuel, God With Us. God never forgot His chosen people. I am glad the Philippines was on the right side of History. I am glad God used my country to save some of the Jews during the Holocaust.❤🇵🇭🇮🇱
It's incredibly sad that this was never thought to me during middle school in the Philippines, only learned about this fact when information can be accesed through the internet when I was already on my first year of High School.
Just some trivia for Non-Filipinos. Roxas is pronounced Rohas. Vehicles/carts/tartanillas drove on the left side of the road. It was only after the war that we started driving on the right side, with all the military vehicles left by the US. And importing cars from the US would then be cheaper. It was officially mandated in the Philippines in 1945 and internationally in 1958.
As a Filipino it's nice to see that we're covering the acts of other presidents like Quezon, even in School they're often glossed over in favor of Learning more about Aguinaldo (who's more or less the Filipino equivalent of Washington or Lincoln) or Marcos (who's the Filipino Equivalent of Hitler) when Presidents like him and Laurel would have interesting stories during the War. You'll only be able to learn these if you're a History Fan or taking a course related to them, which as a Political Science student is how I Learned.
@@mangodip2170 ignorant and stupid comparison. Eat more rice so you can grow more brain cells and awareness. Also, don't insert yourself in adult conversations. Duterte is more of a benevolent strong man.
Most of the Philippines History Text books are more about the glory of Aquino most of them are Elementary textbooks; Some of them less or not mentioned about the Greatness of President Quezon. At College days, Just learnt Quezon's Benevolence to the Jews and this vid tells the exact number of rescued Jews
I've always hoped that Anne Frank and her family managed to escape to the Philippines like the others. There were a lot of people saved but I hoped there were a lot more.
Anne Frank was in the Europe while this Jews that has been rescued was already in china ,and china shunned them in fear of Hitler because they are also under attack ofJapan during that time.
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One of these Jewish refugee is a Physics professor called Mr. Binks who later taught at the Far Eastern University in Manila. He was my late father’s physics professor during the 60’s when my dad was studying Engineering. My dad said he’s a fellow professor with Einstein when was in Germany. He was nice man, become friends with my dad and would sometimes visit with his wife at our house and have dinner in the 70’s.
Wow
Noice yamann
Filipino ka?
That just broke my perception of time haha
Was his first name Jarjar?
Wow, this is a fact that many people don't know about. In addition to what President Quezon did to rescue so many Jews, there is another little known fact that it was the Philippines that cast the tie-breaking vote in the United Nations to allow the establishment of the State of Israel. In honor of these contributions by the Philippines to help the Jewish people, Philippine citizens were granted visa-free travel to Israel and vice-versa. God bless these two countries!
@@javier.alvarez764 we are all racist tho, we just discriminate different traits of other countries. But yeah
Probably a big mistake seeing as how the Israelis are treating the Palestinians now
@@javier.alvarez764
By definition:
"prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized."
Racist ka din.
@@halcyonraine7847 if they stop their destructive ways and letting hamas run the show then yeah there will never be peace in that area.
@@halcyonraine7847 It's not Israel's fault they're better at waging war.
To bad that countries of today we don't have those kind of presidents...Respect from Romania!
What about Quezon's role in the Sakdal Revolt? If any? th-cam.com/video/DgFzk6J8gU4/w-d-xo.html
I see no future in any of our Current Candidates Running for President, Literally, We need Someone like Quezon back again....
⬆️ There's no world war happening rn
@@TheDoctorFromArknights True
We do still have politicians like Quezon. This movie is just a portion of who he really is. As a politician, Quezon was very ambitious. He favors American interest so he can always have their support.
The Philippines needs more movies like this but unfortunately most of our film makers values revenue over quality hence making trash films with shitty special effects that the masses still buy anyways.
What about Quezon's role in the Sakdal Revolt? If any? th-cam.com/video/DgFzk6J8gU4/w-d-xo.html
@@hermiecorpuz9164 what about you getting bitches?
@@ghilliemcwilly2162 Perhaps you already did? LOL
@@hermiecorpuz9164 yeah, I'm talking to him right now
That trash film called *"Excorsis"* for example.
Most of my Filipino friends don't know about it and even the rest of the world. Thanks for featuring it.
What about Quezon's role in the Sakdal Revolt? If any? th-cam.com/video/DgFzk6J8gU4/w-d-xo.html
It's just minority, people who are into history because of TH-cam already knows enough what happen in the 19th century.
I had no clue about all these until now. Thank you for sharing this. I wonder where to purchase the movie?
Aint true weeb
President Manuel Quezon is one of the great Filipino heroes in my country, the Philippines. I first learned from this about rescue the European Jewish from the holocaust and Nazi.
What about Quezon's role in the Sakdal Revolt? If any? th-cam.com/video/DgFzk6J8gU4/w-d-xo.html
@@hermiecorpuz9164 When history classes describe people in 5 lines, everything becomes so simple.
@@ieatroots 0p
How about elpideo quirino one of the best president of our county.. he rescue the white Russian to thier country..
this is should've been etched in the pages of Ph early education. Even our history classes has no mention of this good deed. Such a good thing to know but so little Filipinos know about this.
Because the abnormal aquino family changed all the textbooks of history in philippine schools, books in philippine school is all about Marshal law and how this aquino is a hero
You're blinded and delusional. If you actually spend some time to read history books it's more than the martial law.
Don't involve politics and your hate in this channel. Go somewhere else where you can spread your fake propaganda.
@@zels2816 ain't fake tho
@@crashercrasher9696 they need to get rid of those heroes
All their existing bloodlines today should be killed tommorow
@@stalker2084 yes , if the enemy of these fake hero aquino family is go crazy and evil, these aquino family blood lines are long gone by now
Manuel Quezon is the best Filipino President for me. He was courageous and a brave soldier during the Filipino-Spanish War. It was unfortunate that he died of Tuberculosis without seeing the Philippines gain independence.
But we are an independent country since Aguinaldo right? And Diosdado Macapagal just moved the original date if our independence... (Correct me if I am wrong)
@@wheresvranzlol2405 not really. We were still being occupied during those times. America and Japan invaded our country respectively after we gained independence from the Spaniards.
I'm related to Manuel Quezon lol.
@@jqa16 it is indeed a lol moment haha hilarious
Hello Commander Erwin, it's sad how Levi, your little sweetheart, chose to save Armin over you. Anyway, can you please give me some Chcken Joy. Thanks!
as a Filipino and a silent watcher of your channel, I am very glad that you took some time to do a recap of this movie. Long live my friend!
Now we need "Heneral Luna" featured next as it is also a quality Filipino film, and it was produced by an independent production company
Up with this, Heneral Luna
A recap channel with a human narrator should recap those movies no recap channel that uses an ai voice
He recaped Goyo Rather than Heneral luna
@@blyzerk7201 It's unfortunate that a recap channel that uses an ai narrator recapped that movie
HENERAL LUNA NA THIS💅
The Reason why Manuel L Quezon is featured in 20 peso bill is to remind all Filipinos that Manuel L Quezon is a Revolutionary hero
And now, they're (BSP) on a mission to erase the lagacy of our heroes by replacing them with animal pictures instead.
@@theshriekinghominin1760 bullshit
@@azrieldalusong5042 Is it bullshit when they're replacing our Japanese War heroes, Vicente Lim, Jose Abad Santos, and Josefa Llanes Escoda with a Philippine eagle? These people fought and died for our freedom and this is how the BSP "honors" them. What next? Are they gonna replace Jose Rizal with a picture of a fucking dog?
@@theshriekinghominin1760 ikr!!!!!!! that's hella low
@@theshriekinghominin1760 calm down, if your only way of honoring them is putting their faces on a paper then you need a wake up call🤡
Don’t cry too much🤣😂😅
Wonderful story of Pres. Quezon's concern for the Jewish people. Thanks for sharing. Liked & Subscribed. God bless Israel. God bless the Philippines.
He was a war veteran, seeing in his own eyes the tragedy of being a refugee, being a victim of oppression.
He was also exiled to USA after Japanese invaded the Philippines. He almost lost his country and he knows exactly how it feels to become a refugee.
I read his autobiography. He vividly wrote his memoirs especially his combat experience against American Forces…
Manuel l quezons daughter nini quezon passed away this 2021.she was born in 1921.
She made it until 100 years old.
Wait, really?!
so strong
I am a filipino. In the mid seventies, I had became a friend of a Jewish man . He narrated that when he was about 2 yrs old in the early 1930, the Nazis in Germany were planning to persecute the Jews and annihilating them. Being aware of these Nazi plans his parents decided to seek asylum elsewhere , and fate brought them here to the Philippines where they resided here in a Visayan island. By 1938,during which Nazi already killed thousand of Jews, his family already established a quiet life here in the Philippines.Nearing the end of WWII he was working for the US army as a warehouse man in an army base camp where he had the opportunity to study Electronics from the american GIs and by correspondence. He became adept in this skill that i was one of the few lucky people who he taught my present skills. I cried when he died in 1989. He was a great Teacher and a Friend.
Shout out from the Philippines
Ma gong gong ga bi
Hallo kamusta mga taga ibang bansa 👋😊
Taena cringe
Magandang araw mga pare ko'y.
hi
Watched this in the cinema, proud to support films like this. The world needs to know about this amazing act. Thanks for the recap.
It's a testament of what Filipino can do..Salute to you President Quezon..
Mabuhay Amigos from Baja México. I love everybody, Amo a todas, my Relatives related to World war 2 in PI were my heroes.
Who asked
Thanks for featuring this movie. A Schindler's list like movie with our President Quezon as the hero along with his friends Col. Eisenhower, High Commissioner Paul McNut and Frieders brothers.
Schools should really make their students watch historical Movies like this... Especially here in the Philippines... most Filipinos are still blinded and ignorant about their past.
And if all leaders in every nations that exist in this world be as compassionate as Quezon.. I think the world would have less drama and evil.
Quezon was the most underrated president of our country.
What about Quezon's role in the Sakdal Revolt? If any? th-cam.com/video/DgFzk6J8gU4/w-d-xo.html
Bruh underrated? Dude's in the literal banknote and has a 5 story monument in manila lol
@@DavidAsimov0 and has a city and province named after him haha
Yeah I came from Quezon City (moved to LA), you will NOT stop hearing his name. A small memorial park is literally in the center of the roundabout smack center of the city (Quezon City Circle)
...or di mo lang alam? from QUEZON city
I'm a Filipino yet I ever and even wonder why Pres. Quezon's heroic act, such as this, WAS NEVER TAUGHT to us in grade school, high school and even college history subjects.
I liyerally just learned this! If they taught this back in elementary and in high school, I would've been hella interested to learn unlike the five sentence summaries they make of the presidents
The books portray Ninoy Aquino as the hero instead😆
@@kirbybanaga3359 True
I guess it depends on the teacher as this was taught to us in elementary. Our teacher was a social science major who also became my classmate in masters at PNU.
They did taught this in our Filipino history. Maybe you were absent or you skip the class..
Amazing true story that few Filipinos and Americans know about. Even American Jews don't know about Quezon. As a proud graduate of the University of the Philippines, College of Dentistry, I met and played chess with
several German Jews that Quezon saved. As an American Jew, it makes me mad that the Yad Vashem in Israel does not give President Quezon the proper recognition that is due him.
Fred, Interesting story you have .
Sad to say, Majority of Pilipinos & the world especially the new generation ever knew this part of our / world History . Somehow, utube has been a good tool for others to Know.
Although still not enough to go around .
It would be great, you an Israelite with your story, experience here could be shared to your kababayan , this event that only a few of your fellow Israelites knew.
4:54 nine& 5:05
The philippines has been blessed when our beloved president quezon did this to the choosen people. Thanks for featuring our country and heroic deeds of our president.
I was a silent viewer of this channel for a long time. I didn't expect you to cover a Filipino movie not to mention about a biopic of a former PH President!!
Great movie. And to think that this was directed by Matthew Rosen who is a jew and married to a filipino lorena H. Rosen who also helped in this movie. The actor with a scar on his face is Dean Rosen who is the son of the Director. I think its just right that they make this movie to see how jews see it from their perspective.
Watching these films gives me hope for modern day Philippine cinema. Most entries in the Film Festival they have in recent years consist mostly of cash grabs featuring local popular celebrities which is disappointing.
we have ao much good stuff to adapt but our films are just average love stories
Celebrities are not even local anymore. As long as they have are half blood (Filipino-Foreign) they get the roles 😭
It is quite sad tbh, most of our filipino movies are all about drama, comedy (which is a cringe fest to me), romance, these are the only things our movie makers recently do for the pass years none of the movies are either related to history or just for entertainment (well the entertaining part is mostly a well made comedy movies or relatable drama is alright for me and some others as well)
@@TheMightyCrucibleKnight184 yeah. And those promotes influence to children on having interest with romance at such early ages, even worse, people seem to encourage them. I know since I know a number of people in my life that think about nothing but romance and shit
@@NurseAmamiya yep, so sad that some of the female filipino teenagers or above are getting pregnant and having a scoundrel for a father (note sorry I'm tired so I can't say the words I am formulating into a proper conversation all that I just said is painful, harsh, truth of these romance influence and sometimes giving depressions to the younger viewer).
One of the few things I love about this movie is how they managed to portray the Americans' hero-complex and prejudice. After the 2nd world war, Americans bought our country from Spain (check for The Treaty of Paris). Both sides conducted the Mock Battle of Manila, Spain left, then America propagated the idea that they 'saved' us. They remained in the Philippines at the pretense of 'guiding' us until we can walk independently.
They campaigned for Benevolent Assimilation policy. I quote from McKinley: "The Philippines is ours not to exploit but to develop, to civilize, to educate, and to train in the science of self-government."
A lot of high-ranking Americans thought we were uncivilised and greatly incapable of governing, thinking, and standing up for ourselves. In some accounts, McKinley even thought we're a country of idiots. This movie managed to show how little Americans thought of Filipinos and how are ancestors rebelled against this. It also shows how all this hate and prejudice can be mended.
Edited for the correction below: I mixed the order of events and thanks to the person below for noticing.
- - Due to the Treaty of Paris, the Spanish-American war ended - America compensated Spain so they could occupy the Philippines. The Mock Battle of Manila was the fruit of the treaty to put on a show. There is already American occupation when WWII erupted and their "Benevolent Assimilation" in the Philippines has long been placed.
"After the 2nd world war, Americans bought our country from Spain (check for The Treaty of Paris)."
treaty of paris was in 1898... long before world war 2
@@yungjoshx
I double checked and you were right, my bad. I mixed the order of events.
Due to the Treaty of Paris, the Spanish-American war ended - America compensated Spain so they could occupy the Philippines. The Mock Battle of Manila was the fruit of the treaty to put on a show. There is already American occupation when WWII erupted and their "Benevolent Assimilation" in the Philippines has long been placed.
1898*
So blowing up the American ship "Maine" in Havana, Cuba was also part of the "mock up" global war between a declining world power Spain(lost all her colonies) and the rising power America that spills into the Philippines. Come on you can do more than that....Anyway, just your own opinion right? America actually paid 20 million usd for the infrastructure owned by Spain in her colonies.
@@hisoka866
It was literally called the "Battle of Manila" because Spanish forces and American forces aided by Philippine Revolutionary Army led by Aguinaldo engaged battle IN MANILA. Spain and America is legally in war at the time, the battle was orchestrated so Spain could transfer power to America, hence the American troops were able to took control of Intramuros. Negotiation between America and Spain has already started before the battle and before the year ends (1898), this negotiation has come to be The Treaty of Paris. Philippines, by all means, were already handed to the Americans after that "peace" talk. If that's not understandable enough, due to The Treaty of Paris, America acquired my country for 20 million usd from Spain.
In the Philippines Manuel L. Quezon Is still very much resepcted by the Philippines and also considered the father of the Philippine national language since he was the one who arrange for all of the representatives of the major language groups and experts of the language and writing to make a standard language all filipinos can communicate by not being spanish or English which became tagalog and eventually filipino
Unfortunately not many are interested In knowing why it was not English or Spanish that Quezon declared as the national language and even why there was a need to declare a national language.
Quezon was being practical in not declaring English or Spanish as the national language because Spanish and English were never and still was not the general language in 1937, when Quezon declared a national language
" Today there is not one language that is spoken and understood by all the Filipinos, nor even by a majority of them, It is unnecessary for me to demonstrate how essential it is for our people to have one language that can be used by all in their daily intercourse. Such language cannot be either English or Spanish, except perhaps, if ever, only after many generations and at a very great cost. We cannot wait that long.” -- Manuel L Quezon
www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1937/12/30/speech-of-president-quezon-on-filipino-national-language-december-30-1937/
Quezon mentioned in his speech that the status of Spanish in the Philippines was still the same (1937) as it was during Rizal’s time. Quezon quoted Rizal:
Spanish will never be the language generally spoken in the country; the people will never speak it. Each people has its own way of thinking. You are trying hard to divest yourselves of your own personality as a people; you forget that as long as a people preserves its language, it retains a token of its liberty, just as a man retains his freedom so long as he preserves his own independence of thought. A language expresses the ideas and ideals of a people.”-El Filibusterismo, Jose Rizal
I am Filipina ,First time I saw this,I dont know about this Manuel L.Quezon. Quezon Story.My eyes have tearsdrop. Thank you very much Manuel L.Quezon.
I'm a Filipino and have to watch this for a class, it's pretty awesome watching knowing that this is part of our history and now I got to see it being reviewed in your channel 😊
this heroic deed of a dying man President Quezon must be taught in all corners of the Philippines and also in world history ! such a great man!❤❤❤❤❤❤
And until now the relationship between Israel and Philippines is still good. 🤗
Also in supporting to legalize Israel as a country in its own state, Philippines was the first to sign with no hesitation 🥳
Dito namana ng mga Filipino ang ugaling matulongin kahit walang wala na tutulong parin... proud to be a Filipino.
ngeeeekk.. cringey ng comment mo.... putang inang proud to be filipino egoistic and prideful mindset na yan
lol no, part na ng culture yan even during pre-colonial. Pinagsasabi mo? ang cringe nyo sa Filipino pride.
Manuel was the nicest Filipino I know.
That is why we Filipinos no matter how we are discriminated by other people we still accept everybody with open arms. As President Manuel L. Quezon says " Because it is the right thing to do."
He reminds me of superman, he's uses his power for good. He doesn't care about himself but his country, he was dying but he served his country even more. He's a hero in my heart, no one can change that in my mind.
Wow finally they featured a filipino movie, more filipino movies in movie recaps. Filipino movies deserve recognition all around the world
Finally!!! The movie I have been trying to watch gets to be recapped :D
Omg! Can’t help it but cry.. he’s one of the forgotten or at least underrated heroes of world war 2! Not just in one land but in other land and people..
I am so proud of our history. Bad and good. Manuel L Quezon deserves that honor by the Jews.
I never expected my country to be mentioned in any movie recap channel. Truly an unprecedented event.
This should be put on books and taught to young generations.
This is why God bless the Philippines because the country accept refugee jews. God blesses the Philippines.
The Philippine Nation and people has a lot to be proud of!
M. Frieder
I am so proud of our Dear President Manuel L. Quezon! I don't know if this film was released internationally.
I want to thank you for allowed us to find out that truth, now I know the truth ❤👍🇺🇸🇵🇭👏👍
Imagine if Eisenhower actually accepted Quezon's offer. Then he would be chief of police in the Philippines instead of becoming US president. LOL
Lmao 😆
Eisenhower got a political mentor in quezon.
Dear Filipino HEROES and Honest former President of PH 🇵🇭 Protect our country from invasion 🙏🏼
This is a shock for me. I am a Filipino and I am not expecting you to feature this film . And with that, I love u so much . 😍🙏
This is the best movie recap yet and a significant one. Thank you.
Im so proud that when countries closed their doors, the Philippines opened to welcome the Jewish refugees
Filipino 🙋♀️
As a Filipino, I really love and proud of my coutry, he's really one of the greatest hero and president of the Philippines🥰🥰🥰
12:42 They were determined to save many more, but then the Japanese came out of nowhere and invaded the Pilippines? What a bad timing😔😔😔
I’m really really happy that you recapped this cause this needs to be shared
Hero, absolute hero
PROUD OF OUR PHIL.PRESIDENT.MANUEL.L.QUEZON.RIP SIR,FOR SAVINGS LIVES OF JEWISH PEOPLE
This is actually an interesting story from my country.
What about Quezon's role in the Sakdal Revolt? If any? th-cam.com/video/DgFzk6J8gU4/w-d-xo.html
This is the actual reason why we are visa-free when entering Israel.
If i can travel through time he's one of the people that i want to talk to. If he says that he wants to do more for the people, i will tell him "You've done enough sir, please rest"😢
This is so beautiful i literally cried.
This video just popped up in my recommendations. I'm so sad that he didn't live to see the end of war. Maybe he didn't succeed in saving the masses that he planned out but to me he's done enough.
Facts: Quezon City(named after President Quezon) is the largest city in Metro Manila though Manila is the capital. And He has a museum (Museo ni Manuel Quezon) located in Quezon Memorial Circle.
I personally visited his museum as far as remember there was a hospital bed used by Pres. Quezon.
*I live in QC skl
Thank you for showing this movie this touch us Filipino's heart
From what I heard pre WW2 capital in the Philippines named manila was amazing According to my grandparents.
Oh my lord THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, Manila was comparable to New york or London, just with a bit more diversity. It was like a mini europe on asia, like how hong kong is, but add in german, Italian and american influences, there were tram stations, british tea shops, and drinkable tap water. Imagine this, in a single street you could have a pilipino walk down a street and see british tea houses and a japanese garden right next to it.
Shame it's was all burned down...
And you could probably guess which monsters did that
There are videos of pre-WWII Manila here on TH-cam.
not only did the Philippines accept Jewish refugees in the 1940's, they also wholeheartedly received Vietnamese boat people fleeing the Vietnam war in the 1970's en masse.
He's one of the greatest people to ever lead our country.
Was a silent fan of this channel..didn't expect to feature our country..kudos..
I'm a Filipino from the Philippines, the first time I heard about Quezon helping Jews was when I helped an elderly couple while waiting for a flight on my way to Lake Tahoe. We talked for a while and the old man told me how America was a blessing for their family, but never getting into specifics. While we boarded the same flight, the old man greeted me as he headed to first class. The man beside me was shocked and asked how I knew the man. He said their family practically owned half of Hollywood and the casino city we were headed to. To this day, I keep wondering who that elderly couple was and how ironic I only first heard about Quezon's efforts from him instead of school in the Philippines.
Shout out from the Philippines🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Never forget Manuel Quezon
The amount of respect I have for this president is more than everyone knows he inspire me in many ways and a good picture of humanity a really highly respected person he just expand my view in the world and everything yoi will never be forgotten your story will always be here with us and will be shared to generations to generations to inspire all people thank you for your service president Manuel Quezon❤
damn proud filipino subscriber heree🇵🇭
Heartfelt and touching. History is meant to be told with compassion and with a sense of meaning. I understand now the human kindness of the Filipino. I am and will always be proud of my Filipino heritage. Though I was born in the USA. I always refer to Dr Jose Rizal's quote: "He who does not know where he comes from. May not be able to reach his ambitions in the present. For a promising future". The Philippines is my ancestral-homeland. Maraming, Maraming salamat President Manuel L. Quezon. I will teach my children who are part Samoan/Polynesian. Their Filipino Heritage as well.
Finally i been watching this channel... from Philippines
That is why i will keep on standing for Israel no matter what .. 🇵🇭❤🇮🇱
Israel won't stand for you.
@@erls5206 Neither Palestine and Hamas will stand for you either.
Better read up on how hospitals are being bombed in Gaza, and defenseless babies and children are killed. Similar to how Jews were treated by Hitler
Oh, thank you for doing a recap about this movie. It warms my heart when more people cover this story.
Wow never saw this movie before. No wonder my late Mom adored him so much. She said life in his time was abundant. She was a new grad teacher and Quezon's order to send all new grad teachers to educate every single Filipinos even in remote barrios/barangays.
I've been a follower of this channel didnt expect to see our very own history movie to be covered here. Appreciate that
educational movie, I see many filipinos are very proud with this
of course we are.. imagine a country that is considred by others as land of slaves and maids and prostitutes actually contributed some good things to the world from the past.. we are proud of that..
So good to watch historical movies just like this, Im looking for more recap like that.
Manuel L. Quezon and Ramon Magsaysay, the two greatest presidents The Philippines ever had!
hala pareho tayo. XD
AMAZING STORY!!! Heartwarming,. QUEZON IS A HERO! PHILIPPINES A SANCTUARY FOR THE OPPRESS!!!
This should be taught in schools! 😢😢Had me in tears😭
💕 We had or we have a great a selfless president who did a difficult heroic choice for other race like the Jews.!! We, Filipinos are all proud of you Manuel Luis Quezon. 💐🤍💛💙❤️🇵🇭
Finally a movie about my country.....mabuhay
I just wanna say thank you Movie Recap for Putting this vid into your list as a Filipino Im very happy because I'm also loving all the vids that you recap on this Channel✨🇵🇭
Superb narration. I watched from start to finish.
always watching this channel. Thanks for featuring Filipino movie ❤️
Thank you for the review, I have sought to view the movie here in the Philippines and have been unsuccessful in finding it in the Philippines. The Capital City in the Philippines and it's most populated city is Quezon City, it is one of the most populated cities in the Whole World. Pronounce his name like Quezon City - like cheese in Spanish. Great review, thank you.
Wow Quezon is a friend of the legendary general Eisenhower later the president of united states of America
What about Quezon's role in the Sakdal Revolt? If any? th-cam.com/video/DgFzk6J8gU4/w-d-xo.html
Those are some of our veteran actors, if I may say.
Wow, I never knew about this movie. This is pure gold
His name is Manuel...reminds me of Jesus' name, Emmanuel, God With Us. God never forgot His chosen people. I am glad the Philippines was on the right side of History. I am glad God used my country to save some of the Jews during the Holocaust.❤🇵🇭🇮🇱
It's incredibly sad that this was never thought to me during middle school in the Philippines, only learned about this fact when information can be accesed through the internet when I was already on my first year of High School.
This was taught on the highschool I attended though.
...this is the one that I forgot to watch .. 🙂 thanks for the recap..
Thank you💗
Just some trivia for Non-Filipinos.
Roxas is pronounced Rohas.
Vehicles/carts/tartanillas drove on the left side of the road.
It was only after the war that we started driving on the right side, with all the military vehicles left by the US.
And importing cars from the US would then be cheaper.
It was officially mandated in the Philippines in 1945 and internationally in 1958.
Thank you, President Quezon, for rescuing 1200 Jewish from Germany's holocaust.
Aww it's cool u narrated this one❤️
As a Filipino it's nice to see that we're covering the acts of other presidents like Quezon, even in School they're often glossed over in favor of Learning more about Aguinaldo (who's more or less the Filipino equivalent of Washington or Lincoln) or Marcos (who's the Filipino Equivalent of Hitler) when Presidents like him and Laurel would have interesting stories during the War.
You'll only be able to learn these if you're a History Fan or taking a course related to them, which as a Political Science student is how I Learned.
You're stupid. Marcos isn't an equivalent of Hitler. LOL he's more of a Bush and Obama rolled in one.
Actually, Duterte is the Filipino equivalent of Hitler....he literally compared himself to him *in PUBLIC*
@@mangodip2170 ignorant and stupid comparison.
Eat more rice so you can grow more brain cells and awareness. Also, don't insert yourself in adult conversations.
Duterte is more of a benevolent strong man.
Most of the Philippines History Text books are more about the glory of Aquino most of them are Elementary textbooks; Some of them less or not mentioned about the Greatness of President Quezon. At College days, Just learnt Quezon's Benevolence to the Jews and this vid tells the exact number of rescued Jews
Comparing him to hitler is just stupid and i'm not even a marcos supporter
I believe Filipino are hospitable
I've always hoped that Anne Frank and her family managed to escape to the Philippines like the others. There were a lot of people saved but I hoped there were a lot more.
Because Japanese already invaded the country, that’s why it stopped.
Anne Frank was in the Europe while this Jews that has been rescued was already in china ,and china shunned them in fear of Hitler because they are also under attack ofJapan during that time.
And Manuel l. Quezon is one of the best president of the Philippines