Roman Frister (17 January 1928 – 9 February 2015) wrote The Cap: The Price of a Life, an autobiographical account of his life living in Nazi occupied Poland and then Poland under the communists.

Frister spent time in: The Cap provides a frank account of his survival and includes much of his post-war life covering aspects of his career as an award-winning Israeli journalist after his emigration in 1957.

In 1967 Frister gave evidence at Wilhelm Kunde's trial held in Kiel, Germany.

After immigrating to Israel, Frister became a prominent columnist and editor in the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz.

In 1990 he cofounded a school for journalism in Tel Aviv named "Coteret".