Prologue
Prisoner 16670: Father Maximilian Kolbe
Survival: Kōichi Tagawa, aka Tōmei Ozaki
Shock: Masatoshi Asari
Introduction
The rulers and the ruled, 1894-1929
Men in black, 1930-1936
Glory and defeat, 1936-1945
Cries and whispers, 1945
The aftermath, 1946-1951
Repentence and discovery, 1951-1970
Towards the light, 1971-1989
Blossoms of hope, 1990-2023.