The Manila Poker Club
With Author Mark Sy
Please join us for Mark Sy’s presentation of The Manila Poker Club: Eisenhower, Quezon, and the Plan to Harbor Europe’s Jews in the Philippines, about an ambitious plan hatched over late-night poker games in Manila to rescue Jewish refugees from the clutches of Hitler’s Gestapo. Our evening will include a discussion and question and answer period.
VHEC Education Manager Ellie Lawson will moderate a Q&A session following author Mark Sy’s presentation.
Books will be available for purchase and light refreshments will be provided..
Author
Mark Sy
Mark Sy was born in Vancouver and raised in Manila and Hong Kong. He is a graduate of Tufts University with a bachelor of arts in political science. During the summer of 2020, he spent many hours talking with a ninety-three- year-old Holocaust survivor in Jerusalem, an American president’s granddaughter in Washington, DC, and a Philippine president’s grandson in Manila to research The Manila Poker Club.
