La gorra o el precio de la vida

Synopsis of La gorra o el precio de la vida

«La gorra o el precio de la vida» is the autobiographical novel by Roman Frister, published by Galaxia Gutenberg in hardback (557 pages, in Spanish).

Roman Frister recounts in the first person his journey from a childhood in a well-off Jewish family in Poland to the camps of Auschwitz, Starachowice and Mauthausen. The testimony continues with his work as a journalist in communist Poland, his arrest and his emigration to Israel, and reflects on distrust, identity and the price of survival.

First edition of 1999, included in the Biographies and Memoirs collection. Translation by Rosa P. Blanco.

Historical memoir for readers interested in Holocaust testimonies, the Second World War and the history of Jews in Europe.