Of the many refugee trails filled with stateless Jews fleeing Europe during the decades of the Nazi crisis, the odyssey of one man's escape from Poland to the Philippines stands unique. Cantor Joseph Cysner's recently discovered memoir recorded the expulsion of Polish Jews from Germany in the Polenaktion of October 28, 1938 and recounted the destitution of the expelled Jews in the refugee border camp of Zbaszyn, one of many throughout the no-man's-lands of eastern Europe. Rescued by a telegram from the Jewish Refugee Committee (JRC) of Manila offering him employment, Joseph left Zbaszyn and joined 1300 other European refugee Jews ultimately saved from destruction by little known rescue plans in the Far Eastern nation of the Philippines.My research resurrects these important events from historical oblivion, while showing how they incredibly link to each other, not only through global diplomacy, but in the life experiences of a little-known Jewish cantor.
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机译:在纳粹危机爆发的几十年中,无国界犹太人逃离欧洲的无数犹太难民小径中,有一个人从波兰逃往菲律宾的冒险之旅是独一无二的。坎托·约瑟夫·赛斯纳(Cantor Joseph Cysner)最近发现的回忆录记录了1938年10月28日在波兰遭波兰人驱逐出波兰的犹太人的情况,并叙述了扎巴斯因难民边境营地中被驱逐的犹太人的流亡,这是东部无人区中的许多人之一欧洲。约瑟夫受到马尼拉犹太难民委员会(JRC)提供的一份电报解雇,为他提供了就业机会,约瑟夫离开了扎巴斯恩,加入了1300名其他欧洲难民犹太人,最终由于远东菲律宾这个鲜为人知的营救计划而免于灭亡。历史遗忘中的重要事件,同时不仅通过全球外交,而且在鲜为人知的犹太康托尔的生活经历中,展示了它们之间如何令人难以置信的联系。
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