Men and memories in confinement : excerpts from a diary written in prison during the Japanese occupation, June 21, 1942-February 15, 1945 /
Statement of responsibility: by Conrado Gar Agustinby
Agustin, Conrado Gar
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BookPublisher: Manila : MCS Enterprises, 1973Description: xii, 38 p., [34] leaves, 6 p., [15] leaves, 4 p., [85] leaves, 6 p., [2] leaves : ill., clippings and pictorials ; 22 x 17 cm.ISBN: (hardbound).Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Philippine | Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 | Japanese prisons – Fort Santiago / Bilibid / Muntinglupa | Kempeitai | personal account – Filipino | prison diary | underground propaganda | underground resistanceLanguage/Translation Info: EnglishSummary: Diary kept by a Filipino who was arrested by the Japanese for writing and spreading anti-Japanese leaflets early in the occupation. Considered a “misguided element,â€Â Agustin was brought to Fort Santiago, where he was interrogated and tortured; he wrote this diary “with great personal riskâ€Â and hid it in his pillowcase.
This is one of very few instances where an actual Filipino prisoner (not a combatant) documents life in a Japanese prison and names his fellow inmates, many of whom later became very important persons. After almost ten months, and after a mock trial, Agustin and some fellow prisoners were sentenced to fixed terms and moved to New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa; there he would stay until the liberation in February 1945.
The actual diary is quite short; the rest of the book is composed of newspaper and periodical articles, mementos, and a collection of signatures of fellow prisoners with morale-boosting messages. Many of those who signed did not survive the war. Includes a partial listing of prisoners in Fort Santiago (many notable personalities). - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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