Escape to Manila: From Nazi Tyranny to Japanese Terror

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index Abe, Maj. Gen. Koichi, 90 Ackerman, Julius, 109–10 Aguinaldo, Emilio, 13, 45 Air attacks: by American forces, 128–30, 137–39, 144; by Japanese forces, 83–84; on Pearl Harbor, 50, 82, 83–84, 85, 106, 130, 166, 185 Allies, World War II, 92, 125, 167 American military, 96, 135, 146, 163; air attacks by, 128–30, 137–39, 144; artillery barrages by, 144, 146; casualties among, 145; parachute landing by, 133, 137–38. See also specific branches Americans, 9, 52, 57, 160 Anchorage Victory (ship), 184–85 Anschluss (annexation of Austria), 26–27, 54 Ark of the Covenant, 131 Armstrong, George Alexander, 32 Asame Maru (passenger ship), 77 Ascher, Arthur, 89, 147, 152 Ascher, Julia, 147, 152 Ascher family, 75 Athos II (ship), 30 Atomic bomb, 173 Aufbau (newspaper), 117 Austria, 26–27, 41, 54 Axis powers, 92, 95, 118 Bachrach, Emanuel (Emil), 13, 14, 72 Bachrach Memorial Hall, 72, 73, 82, 109, 156; Japanese use of, 130, 131 Bachrach Motor Company, 24 Bagobo tribe (Filipinos), 46 Baguio, Philippines, 119, 123, 170 Balut (incubated duck eggs), 6 Baptist, Brother, 74 Barter, 128 Bataan Death March, 96, 166 Bataan Peninsula, 87, 96 Batangas Province, Philippines, 136 Battle for Manila, 140–65; American advance in, 151, 156, 161, 162–63; atrocities during, 147–49, 153–55; eyewitness account of, 145–47, 160–65; Japanese tactics in, 140–43; Jewish refugee families during, 144, 147, 150–52, 155–160, 165; MacArthur’s two rules for, 144–45 Baumgarten family, 157 Beck, Alois, 70 Beightler, Maj. Gen. Robert, 143, 144, 156 Berger, Sam, 25 Berges, Anna, 21, 23 Berges, Max, 21, 23 Berlin, Germany, 3, 37 Berthwin, Brother, 74 Birnbaum (U.S. consul in Singapore), 40– 41 Boss, Margot, 147–48 Boss, Martin, 147–48 Boulevard Garden restaurant, 62 Bowman, Dr. Isiah, 44 Brauer, Heinrich, 62 Brigida, Sister, 119, 120, 121 214 Index Broniatowski, Kurt, 160 Budd, Walter, 118 Bukidnon Province, Philippines, 47, 49 Buko (coconut), 103–4 Bureau of external affairs (Japanese), 109 Bureau of insular affairs (U.S.), 29 Bureau of political affairs (Japanese), 108 “Buy and sell” business, 95, 99–100, 118, 120, 188 Cassel, Isadore, 25, 30, 54, 117, 124 Cassel, Lotte, 25, 30, 175, 176 Cassel, Margot, 25 Cassel, Sabine, 30, 32 Cassel, Salo, 24–25, 63, 117 Cassel brothers, 116–17 Cassel family, 24–25, 30, 32–33, 54, 134–35, 186 Catholics, 11, 38, 39, 64, 119, 120, 122 Changte (passenger ship), 32 Chiang Kai-shek, 20 China, 14, 20, 60, 110 Chinese, 20, 70, 75, 95, 125 Coconut oil factory, 135, 136 Coconuts, 6, 103–4, 114, 115–16, 133; from NACOCO, 75–76, 84–85, 110 Cohn-Korell, Arthur, 22, 107, 188 Committee for Racial and Religious Tolerance , 38 Conte Biancamano (ship), 45, 46, 56, 67 Conte Rosso (ship), 32 Conte Verde (ship), 69, 71 Corregidor, 9, 96 Cysner, Cantor Joseph, 55–56, 71–72, 131, 134, 177–78; at holiday services, 101, 169, 174; internment of, 91; invited to Manila, 37–38; work of, 102–3, 192–93 Dachau (death camp), 3, 36, 54, 55 Davao, Philippines, 85–86, 113, 173 De La Salle College, 53, 73–74, 75, 103, 169 Deutschkron, Bruno, 66, 67, 104, 105 Deutschkron, Hedwig, 66 Deutschkron, Werner, 66–68, 85 Deutschkron family, 110, 189 Dewey, Comdr. George, 13 District associations, 101–2, 132 Ditchko, Lt. Nicholas, 161, 162, 163 Doctors: Filipino, 63, 96, 102; Jewish refugee , 57–58, 63 Dubsky, Trudl, 56 Edelstein, Comdr. Julius, 187 Education, 73–74, 102–3 Eichholz, Gunther, 76, 85, 89, 110, 182, 189 Eichholz, Ilse, 102, 110–11, 182 Eichholz, Lottie, 152, 182 Eichholz, Siegfried, 75–76, 85, 89, 110, 152, 182 Eichholz, Werner, 89, 102, 110, 151–52, 182 Eichholz family, 75–76, 84–85, 89, 182; battle for Manila and, 147, 150–52; horse cab service of, 110–11, 132, 137 Emmerich, Alfred, 85–86, 173 Emmerich, Lisa, 45–46, 48, 173 Emmerich, Otto, 45, 47–48, 114, 173 Emmerich family, 45–48, 113–15, 173 Empress of Japan (ship), 34, 51 Ephraim, Frank, 3–7; arrival in Manila of, 5–7; battle experiences of, 145–47, 160– 65; bicycle brigade incident and, 112–13; departure from Manila of, 183–85; father of, 4, 5, 95, 145, 160–61, 174; in Manila flood, 115; mother of, 146, 160, 180; travel to Manila of, 3–5; as witness to American air attacks, 144 Eulau, Arthur, 64 Eulau, Dr. Kurt, 15, 30, 57, 77, 181 Eulau, Franz, 64, 84, 96...