True story about korean prisoners that in 1940 and 1942 were drafted in Japan to hard labour in coal mines.

This book is not limited to the forced mobilization and the story of Hashima Island or in Yawata Steel Works in Japan, but it shows the lives of some of korean grandparents and grandmothers who have really lived during the Japanese colonial period, and it also also includes a description of "forced mobilization" and "compulsory military service", as well as photographs of  warships that in current times we can not easily access, and photographs of Hashima coal mine victims.

table of contents

작가의 말

어머니와 아버지

아버지를 찾아서

지옥의 섬, 하시마 섬

원자폭탄과 해방

민족학교

우리 어머니 강금순

강제동원이란 무엇인가?

직접 마주한 지옥 섬, 하시마 섬