Dimensions
130 x 197 x 25mm
Roman Frister was born into a wealthy, cultured Jewish Polish family - his future was assured, until war broke out in 1939. This autobiography not only tells of Frister's horrifying experiences in Mauthausen, but also continues his life story beyond 1945. Frister and his parents had managed to avoid arrest for 3 yeas, but they were finally caught. His mother was beaten to death right in front of him in an interrogation room, and his father died of TB in the camp. At the time of liberation he weighed only 37 kilos: he had survived, but at what price?
Frister's examination of the whole concept of morals within the amoral world of the concentration camps is surprisingly frank, and he is uncompromisingly honest about what it took to ensure his survival in a world where one life is as dispensable as the next.
