About the Diary of Antonio de las Alas
De las Alas, Antonio. The Iwahig Journal. Manila: privately printed, 1988
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My late wife, Remedios Kendall was the editor of the Iwahig Journal, which is the diary of Don Antonio de las Alas, kept while he was a detainee of the American Armed Forces from the liberation of the Philippines until after the war ended. They spent about 6 months at the Iwahig Penal Colony. After the war ended, he and his colleagues who had served in the wartime administration under the supervision of the Japanese army were acquitted of “collaboration” with the Japanese.
Remedios (Ming) Kendall had planned to expand her writings about “Papa” but became ill with cancer and passed away in April 2007. Two of her sisters, Carmencita (Menchu) Concepcion and Pacita (Ching) Montinola and I are continuing to collect, catalog and exhibit his memorabilia, in a room at the estate of Menchu Concepcion, “La Veranda”, located just outside the city of Manila.
We are also compiling articles about the man, his accomplishments and his character into a book, hopefully to be published later this year. This book will also contain photgraphs over the duration of his life, excerpts from The Iwahig Journal and selected speeches and writings by him.