TY  - BOOK
AU  - Agustin, Conrado Gar
TI  - Men and memories in confinement : : excerpts from a diary written in prison during the Japanese occupation, June 21, 1942-February 15, 1945 / 
SN  - (hardbound)
PY  - 1973///
CY  - Manila : 
PB  - MCS Enterprises
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, Philippine
KW  - Philippines
KW  - History
KW  - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
KW  - Japanese prisons – Fort Santiago / Bilibid / Muntinglupa
KW  - Kempeitai
KW  - personal account – Filipino
KW  - prison diary
KW  - underground propaganda
KW  - underground resistance
N2  - 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,” Agustin was brought to Fort Santiago, where he was interrogated and tortured; he wrote this diary “with great personal risk” 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
ER  -