Roman Kent

Roman R. Kent (18 April 1929 – 21 May 2021) was a Polish Holocaust survivor. He was a Łódź Ghetto and Auschwitz Concentration Camp inmate. He was president of the International Auschwitz Committee.

Kent died in New York City, United States on 21 May 2021, aged 92.

Commemoration

Based on Kent's children's book "My dog Lala" and his autobiography "Courage Was My Only Option", Polish storyteller Beata Frankowska has prepared the story "Lala. The Story of a Miracle" about Kent's childhood in Łódź before World War II and family's stay in the ghetto, and the boy's and his siblings' friendship with dog Lala. It premiered at the 18th International Storytelling Festival in November 2023 in Warsaw with accordion player and singer Robert Lipka providing the accompaniment for Frankowska's storytelling and the Folkovo group joining him in a Hebrew and a Yiddish song.