Santo Tomas: A Miracle

Established in 1611, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, Philippines--one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the world--was transformed into the largest internment camp by the occupying Japanese forces during World War II. Over seven thousand civilian foreigners considered enemies by Japan, Italy, and Germany, their spouses, and their children, together with several American military medical personnel, were imprisoned, brutalized, and starved.

Its campus, founded to ...