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WATCH: German-born World War II survivor returns 'home' to Manila

The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — Margot Cassel Pins' father fought for Germany in World War I. The Nazi government, however, enacted edicts discriminating the Jews in the workplace forced him out of his job.

"The next thing I know is, we were being hosted in Breslau, the town I was born, because we were going to the Philippines," Pins said.

Pins recently returned to the Philippines to recount how the country saved her and her family at the onset of World War II.

READ FULL STORY: Philippines to the rescue: 6 tales of Jews' escape from Nazis

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