TY  - BOOK
AU  - Perez de Olaguer, Antonio
TI  - Terror in Manila : : February 1945 : an abridged translation of El Terror Amarillo en Filipinas / 
SN  - 9719321709 (softbound)
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Manila : 
PB  - Memorare Manila 1945 Foundation
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Destruction and pillage
KW  - Manila
KW  - Manila (Philippines)
KW  - History
KW  - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
KW  - Battle of Manila
KW  - Japanese atrocities
KW  - Spanish community in Manila
N1  - Includes map of Escolta, Ermita and Intramuros; translated by Regala, Trinidad O.
N2  - English translation of what is probably the first book on the Battle of Manila and its atrocities, seen primarily from the experiences of the Spanish community. Although published in 1947, it received little attention in the Philippines, as it was a rare book and written in Spanish; this English translation brings the book to a wider audience.

Perez de Olaguer was a Spanish writer and journalist who came to the Philippines in 1946 to interview survivors of the battle. He had his own connections with Manila: his father and brother had lived there – his brother was one of the many civilians killed in the battle.

Perez de Olaguer presents the story in the words of the survivors he met; he also appends a list of Spaniards killed and several testimonies of survivors. The English edition has annotations (mainly by Edgar J. Krohn, Jr., himself a survivor) and maps of Manila which the original Spanish edition did not have.

The organization which funded the translation and publication of this book, Memorare Manila 1945, is composed mainly of survivors of the battle hoping to keep alive the memory of the tragic battle and its victims. (This book was later reprinted by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts of the Philippine government) - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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