The Yiddish Book Center's

Wexler Oral History Project

A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.

José P. Laurel, Temptation and Collaborationism in Japan During WWII

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Bertram Bandman, a retired professor of philosophy, discusses the philosophy of collaborationism, which he became aware of as a child living during the presidency of José P. Laurel in the Philippines.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Bertram Bandman.

This excerpt is in English.

Bertram Bandman was born in Shanghai, China in 1930.