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Notable German residents or visitors

 * Baptista Battig: (9 August 1870, Breslau, Silesia — 26 January 1942, Greater Manila (?)) This nun, who arrived in the Philippines in 1907, was the foundress and the first directress  of the St. Scholastica's College School of Music, the oldest institution of its kind in the Philippines.  It was under Sr. Baptista's direction that notable artists, including foreigners, performed at the college theater, St. Cecilia's Hall, which made the venue the musical center of the Philippines.  This was a distinction it held until 1960, when the Philamlife Auditorium was inaugurated.  Battig became a Filipino citizen in 1938, and was one of the most notable German immigrants in the Philippines.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.105.154.111 (talk) 08:06, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Ernest Berg: Founded Berg Department Store, a notable Escolta business.
 * Reinhold Boie: In 1884 he and another German bought a Manila drugstore originally founded by a Spaniard in 1830, to which he gave his name.  In the 1930s Botica Boie was said to have been the largest drugstore in Asia.  Boie is now primarily a pharmaceutical company.
 * Otto Fischer-Credo: This German sculptor's work adorned the colonial-era Jones Bridge and Legislative Building.
 * Arthur Julius Nicolaus Gabler-Gumbert: (11 June 1882,  Scharley, Germany — 1940 (?), Philippines (?)) Architect who designed many fine and modern buildings in Manila such as the Plaridel Temple, Alhambra Cigar Factory, Manila Gas Corporation buildings, Holy Ghost College, San Miguel Brewery (several buildings), Yutivo Building, China Banking Corporation building, Dr. I. de Santos building, German Club, and the Boulevard Apartments.  He arrived in the Philippines on 19 December 1911, resided in Manila and became a Philippine citizen.
 * Wolfgang von Gronau: This aviator flew a Dornier hydroplane around the world in 1932.  Along his route he stopped at Manila and Zamboanga.  His voyage foreshadowed the Pan American Airways flying boat flights to the Philippines which began in 1935.  There is a street in San Andres, Manila which bears his name.
 * Karl Heinzen: He represented Hamburg manufacturers of iron roofing and other metal equipment.
 * Erich Honecker: This East German president made an official visit to the Philippines in 1977.
 * Fedor Jagor: This scientist published Reisen in den Philippinen.
 * Carl Johann Karuth: This artist made paintings of the Philippines in the 1850s.
 * William August Kobbé: This American general of German ancestry served in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War.
 * Helmut Kohl: This chancellor of Germany made an official visit to the Philippines in 1996.
 * Albert Kolb: Professor and author of Die Philippinen, a 503-page geographic-economic treatise.
 * Matthias Kraut: This businessman established a stained glass manufacturing company in 1912 which is still in business.
 * Walter Krueger: This American of German ancestry served in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War, and returned in 1944 as a general.
 * Ursula von der Leyen: This politician made an official visit to the Philippines as the president of the European Commission in 2023.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.203.133.64 (talk) 09:16, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Heinrich Lubke: This West German president made an official visit to the Philippines in 1963.
 * Adolf Bernhard Meyer: Curator of the Royal Museum of Ethnography in Dresden, who wrote Album von Philippinentypen.  He resided in the Philippines for a few years to collect natural history specimens for his museum.
 * Hans Meyer: Author of Die Igorotten von Luzon (Philippinen).
 * Adolfo Richter: Businessman who owned an Escolta store founded in 1877.
 * Alfredo Roensch: Businessman who owned an Escolta store founded in 1875.  His hat and clothing store also sold school uniforms, as well as military uniform items such as buttons for the Spanish and American militaries.
 * Alex Schadenberg: A naturalist and pharmacist residing in Manila, who collected botanical, ethnographic and zoological materials and published treatises as early as 1880.  He died in Capiz, January, 1896.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.105.76.54 (talk) 10:57, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Otto Scheerer: UP Professor, founder of UP linguistics department, colonial government official, and author of "On Baguio's Past" and "The Nabaloi Dialect."
 * Carl Semper: Author of Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen.
 * Ernst Vollbehr: This painter came to the Philippines around 1932 and painted a number of Manila and provincial scenes.  Some were used as illustrations for Philippine Magazine covers (Apr.-Aug. '32).
 * Charles A. Willoughby: This American general of German ancestry served in the Philippines in World War II.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.28.158.74 (talk) 03:10, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Some historians consider the missionaries Georg Joseph Kamel and Paul Klein as also having been Germans. Sources:
 * Cruz, Neni Sta. R.; Sicam, P. S.; Bolasco, K. A.; and Doyo, M. C. P., ed. Daughters True:  100 Years of Scholastican Education, 1906-2006.  Manila:  St. Scholastica's College, 2006.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.105.154.111 (talk) 05:22, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Nellist, George F., ed. Men of the Philippines:  A Biographical Record of Men of Substantial Achievement in the Philippine Islands.  Manila:  The Sugar News Co., 1931.
 * Quirino, Carlos. "The Germans in Our Story." 1898:  The Shaping of Philippine History, December 1998, pp. 26-27.
 * Southeast Asia and the Germans. Tübingen and Basel:  Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1977.
 * Stieber, Hans R., ed. The Joint Enterprise:  Philippine-German Cooperation.  Tuebingen, West Germany:  Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1967.

Germans in the Philippines in World War II
Some Germans who lived in the British colony Hong Kong moved to the Philippines after they were expelled by the British following the outbreak of war in Europe in September 1939. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.52.197.131 (talk) 11:16, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

According to some authors, the German community in the Philippines distanced itself from the Japanese military because of its brutality. Some Germans directly supported Philippine guerrillas.

It is said that there were anti-Nazis among the Germans in the Philippines during this period. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.92.249.180 (talk) 08:01, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

Holy Ghost Hill, a convent of the SSpS Sisters in Baguio, became a German colony when Japanese authorities instructed German families to join the Sisters.

After the outbreak of the Pacific War many Germans in the Philippines, at that time an American colony, were jailed for being enemies of America. By contrast, on the American mainland only some German-Americans were imprisoned. The imprisoned Germans in the Philippines were later liberated by advancing Japanese forces. As the war progressed, some of them sided with the Allies by directly supporting Philippine guerrillas. They were like many German immigrants in America who supported the Allied war effort, a number of whom loyally served in the US military. Those who actually fought against their fellow Germans were settling a grudge, and were fighting a civil war.

Sources consulted

Books


 * Aluit, Alfonso J. By Sword and Fire:  The Destruction of Manila in World War II, 3 February - 3 March 1945.  Manila:  National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 1994.
 * Bailey, George. Germans:  The Biography of an Obsession.  New York:  The Free Press, 1991.
 * Gamboa, Coylee. Led by the Spirit, SSpS Philippines:  A Journey of a Hundred Years.  N.p.:  SSpS Rosary Province, 2011.
 * Mojica, Proculo L. Terry's Hunters (The True Story of the Hunters ROTC Guerrillas).  Manila:  n.p., 1965.
 * Stieber, Hans R., ed. The Joint Enterprise:  Philippine-German Cooperation.  Tuebingen, West Germany:  Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1967.

Film


 * Unsurrendered 2: The Hunters ROTC Guerrillas.  2015.

See also
 * William Finnemann

German rocket scientists in the Philippines
According to the official Philippine Air Force history, some German rocket scientist were hired by the Philippine government to manufacture rockets during the Marcos administration.

In 1918
During World War I, the Philippines was an American colony. After the US entered the war, many Germans in the Philippines were sent to America and some German-owned businesses, such as the Roensch and Richter stores at Escolta, were acquired by non-Germans.

The histories of German-founded colleges in Manila (Daughter's True: 100 Years of Scholastican Education, 1906-2006 of SSC; and One Hundred Years Spirit Ablaze of CHSM) do not mention that they were closed down after America entered the Great War, or that German personnel working for these schools were deported.

Further reading: The Philippines during World War I

Newsreels

 * Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr 600: Crystal Arcade interior, unidentified street.  Same footage used in French Les Actualités Mondiales newsreel "3 mois de guerre dans le Pacifique" (Institut national de l'audiovisuel).
 * Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr 704: Independence Day 1943.  Same footage used in Norwegian Filmavisen newsreel "Filippinene: Parade i anledning årsdagen for landets uavhengighetserklæring."

The German Federal Archives (www.filmothek.bundesarchiv.de) has other newsreels about the Philippines.

St. Scholastica's College
Five Germans founded this Manila private college in 1906.

Further reading: History of SSC

College of the Holy Spirit Manila
Four Germans founded this private school in 1913. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.92.249.180 (talk) 23:51, 27 February 2020 (UTC) It was announced on TeleRadyo on 23 November that this school will close down in 2022. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.92.249.180 (talk) 08:55, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Further reading: One Hundred Years Spirit Ablaze

Kemlein and Johnson German-American Book Store
In 1908, this Escolta bookstore published Kemlein & Johnsons Guide and Map of Manila and Vicinity: A Hand Book Devoted to the Interests of the Traveling Public which is useful to researchers because, unlike most other guide books of the 1900s, it lists addresses of government offices and notable private institutions and businesses. Another travel book which also appeared in 1908 which also lists many Manila addresses is the American government's Navy Guide to Cavite and Manila:  A Practical Guide and Beautiful Souvenir.

High-ranking Filipino military and law enforcement officers with German surnames

 * Albert Friedlander, army brigadier general
 * Ignacio Illenberger, marines brigadier general
 * Kirby Kraft, PNP brigadier general — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.203.133.64 (talk) 09:49, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Hans Menzi, air force brigadier general
 * Richard Schwarzkopf, BuCor chief superintendent
 * Gonzalo Sievert, brigadier general — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.28.162.13 (talk) 11:13, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

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German characters in Philippine literature
Germans in the Philippines are portrayed in the following short stories:

1. "People of Consequence" by Ines Taccad Cammayo (1969)

2. "The Human Resources" by Lina Espina Moore (1970)

3. "Tell Me Who Cleft the Devil's Foot" by Luningning Bonifacio-Ira (1973)

Source: Cruz, Isagani R., ed. The Best Philippine Short Stories of the Twentieth Century: An Anthology of Fiction in English. Makati City: Tahanan Books, 2000.

Former Manila buildings with German names

 * Beck's Department Store, Escolta Street, Binondo.
 * Botica Boie, Escolta Street, Binondo.
 * Kraut Apartments, Maria Carpena Street, Quiapo.
 * Sternberg General Hospital, Arroceros Street, Ermita. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.52.197.131 (talk) 10:29, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Filipinos in mass media and entertainment who have German names

 * Arlene Babst: journalist
 * Kim Gehring de los Santos: actress
 * Harry Gasser: newscaster
 * Chiqui Hollmann: actress
 * Sharon Rosenfeld: actress  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.105.136.212 (talk) 06:20, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Lorraine Schuck: beauty pageant winner
 * Lexi Schulze: newscaster
 * Angelika Schmeing: radio personality  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.92.249.180 (talk) 08:45, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Red Sternberg: actor
 * Antoinette Taus: actress
 * Thia Thomalla: actress, beauty pageant winner  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.52.197.131 (talk) 05:03, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Cheska Iñigo Winebrenner: actress

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In the nineteenth century
By 1814, the year of the last galleon from the Mexico, permission was granted to Europeans to establish themselves permanently in Manila and soon the presence of English, American, German and French merchants was having its commercial impact.

Fast, Jonathan and Richardson, Jim. Roots of Dependency: Political and Economic Revolution in 19th Century Philippines.  Quezon City:  Foundation for Nationalist Studies, 1979. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.203.133.64 (talk) 09:39, 1 August 2023 (UTC)