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Frank Ephraim 
During
December 9th, 1941 at 3:00am an air raid by the Japanese.
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After
When they came to the U.S., Frank decided to write books about his life, and fiction books based on what happened in his life.
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Frank went to high school, college, and fought in the Korean War. He's now married to his wife Ruth and have a grown daughter and young grandkids.
Frank has been awarded for his book with the government of the Philippines highest honor bestowed upon a foreigner.
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Family
Frank was born on February 19, 1931. He lives with his father, mother and six siblings in Berlin Germany.
His family was able to stick together during the Holocaust and survived. His aunt and uncle stayed back in Germany and passed away. His father had two aunts who emigrated from Germany to Chile and survived as well.
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Frank and his family emigrated to the Philippines in 1939. They lived there for 8 years before being able to obtain a visa to the U.S.
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Quotes
“This was 1960. World War II was long over. Our wartime experiences were a memory, but to my parents they were a lesson never forgotten.”
“I silently pledged that a gravestone would stand here in this quiet forested Jewish cemetery to honor this man who in his own way had sacrificed his life in an act of resistance. He would remain on German soil forever, for all the world to see that he had stood his ground against the Nazi onslaught.”
“Once they focused on my bashed and riven body, the man said: “This is what the battle of Manila was like.” He did not have to say more.”
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