by Roman Frister · btb · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783442755363
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«Die Mütze oder Der Preis des Lebens» is an autobiography by Roman Frister, published by btb in paperback (475 pages, in German).
Roman Frister reconstructs his life: childhood in an affluent Jewish family in occupied Poland, passing through ghettos and concentration camps, postwar survival, and his career as a journalist in Israel. He tells it without idealizing himself, showing how the norms of ordinary life are suspended in extreme situations.
Translated from the Hebrew by Eva and Georges Basnizki. The Hebrew original was published in 1993; this German edition appeared in 1998.
For readers of memoirs and Holocaust testimonies, with an interest in the history of Poland and Israel during the twentieth century.
