- Roman Frister
Roman Frister (born
January 17 1928 ,Bielsko ,Poland ) wrote "", an autobiographical account of his life living inNazi occupiedPoland and thenPoland under thecommunist s.Frister spent time in:
* theCracow detention centre where Frister witnessed his mother'smurder when she was struck with apistol on the head bySS -Hauptsturmführer Wilhelm Kunde;
*Starachowice forcedlabor camp where he witnessed hisfather die oftyphoid ;
*Mauthausen
*Auschwitz
* And finally adeath march toMauthausen again, after which he was released.Firster's
book provides a frank account of his survival and includes much of his post-warlife covering aspects of his career as an award winningIsraeli journalist after hisemigration in 1957.In 1967 Frister gave evidence at
Wilhelm Kunde 'strial held inKiel ,Germany . Kunde was sentenced to seven years.After immigrating to Israel, Frister became a prominent columnist and editor in the Israeli daily newspaper "
Ha'aretz ". In 1990 he helped found a school for journalism in Tel-Aviv named "Coteret".In 2006 the school was incorporated into Tel-Aviv University. Many of the school's graduates work in Israeli media today.Other books by Frister include:
Impossible Love-Ascher Levi's Longing for Germany - 2003,
Le-lo Pshara (Uncompromising)- 1970,
The Stolen Identity - Itzhak Liebmann's Double Life - 1981,Israel-1974,
Asiri Le Minyan (Tenth for a "Minyan"-jewish prayer) - 1970,
Stormy Years (1973).External links
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200001/ai_n8899638 Book Report The Cap]
References
* "", Roman Frister, ISBN 0-297-84122-X
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