Roman Frister
Roman Frister (17 January 1928 – 9 February 2015) was a Polish-born writer and journalist who later moved to Israel. Born in Bielsko, Poland, he survived Nazi-occupied Poland and later life under communism. He wrote The Cap: The Price of a Life, a memoir about his survival and his experiences after the war.
After emigrating to Israel in 1957, Frister became a respected journalist, columnist, and editor for the Israeli daily Haaretz. In 1967 he testified at Wilhelm Kunde’s trial in Kiel, where Kunde received a seven-year sentence. In 1990 he co-founded a Tel Aviv journalism school called Coteret; it joined Tel Aviv University in 2006. Many of its graduates work in Israeli media today.
Frister died in Warsaw, Poland, on 9 February 2015. He wrote other books as well.
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