일제강점기 독립운동가 「假出獄關係書類」에 대한 검토

Abstract

In this research I analyzed the related documents referring to the provisional release of many independence activists who served time in prison fighting for the independence of their nation during the period of Japanese colonial rule. Also, I thought about the meaning relating to the provisional release of the activists that appeared on the provisional release related documents, and mentioned the value of the same document as a historical record. For this, I grasped the present condition of the provisional release related documents that the National Archive of Korea possesses totaling 4229 cases, and analyzed the contents of the documents extracted by year. As seen in the text, in provisional release related documents, 「Report on Provisional Release Cases」, 「Official papers for commanding execution」, 「The Sentencing」, 「Identities Tag」, 「Behavior Chart」, 「Record of Impressions」, etc. are contained which are related with turning ideas and ruling, and 「The Original Register of Gradual Score Advance」. Many information about the people who were released on parole could be noticed through each document. The life during serving time in prison, their home, social and financial state, level of education, personal birth history, religion, personality, and even their drinking capacity. It also contained information about other people who participated in the independence movement with the prisoner so the documents were a big help in studying and understanding the independence activists. Furthermore, in the provisional release related documents, information that can’t be found in other resources was attached which made it more valuable as a historical record. For example, 「record of impressions」 that showed the course of the turn on activists’ ideas and ruling, and 「The Sentencing」 that tells us the activities done by the independent activists in the north area were attached. However, observing the above provisional release related documents synthetically, release on parole would not be a positive judgment made for the independence activist. The reason is because release on parole is a decision made after all, judging that under the Japanese imperialism the prisoner observed the rules and the turn on their beliefs is clear regretting its own mistake, and there are no signs of future second conviction. Therefore, this research is meaningful in that the research can be a great turning point for evaluating the independence activist. But, on the other hand, many difficulties may exist in evaluating one activist with just the release on patrol related documents only. The critical situation, the proselytization policy under the Japanese Imperialism and poor conditions of prison, will be the condition for understanding and evaluating those who were released on parole. There were many people participating in the independence movement again after they were released on parole so, we shouldn’t make one person as a standard of whether positive or negative just because of the fact that the provisional release related documents exist.