Manuel L. Quezon

Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944) was the first president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. He is considered the second President of the Philippines, after Emilio Aguinaldo (whose administration did not receive international recognition at the time and is not considered the first president by the United States).

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• Bonnie Harris, Cantor Joseph Cysner: From Zbaszyn to Manila -- The Creation of an American Holocaust Haven, http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/233ab/zbaszynmanila/HarrisCysnerZbaszynManila.htm describes Quezon's role in helping Jewish refugees settle in the Philippines.