Today, 19 August 2020, the Filipino people commemorate the 142nd birth anniversary of President Manuel L. Quezon.
Watch the 6th Countdown to 500 Online Lecture Live, "From Magellan to Quezon: Our Heritage of Compassion”, where University of the Philippines Diliman History Professor Dr. Ricardo Trota Jose will discuss the unique episode in Philippine history when Quezon stood up among all nations in the world in saving the Jewish refugees from the Nazis in Europe.
Dr. Jose will also tackle similar gestures of humanity and compassion of the Filipino people to displaced foreign nationals who made the Philippines their new home:
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The Presidential Communications (Government of the Philippines), National Historical Commission of the Philippines, and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines dedicate this episode in memory of President Manuel L. Quezon.
