The RomanAuthor Pola nski LIFE Roman Pola nski was born in Paris th on 18 August 1933 of Polish-Jewish parents. He is a famous film director1, producer2 and actor. His parents go to Krakow in 1937; two years later, the Nazi Germany invades3 Poland and World War 2 starts. The family have to stay in the Krakow ghetto4 together with other Jewish families. When he is six years old, he goes to primary school for some weeks but the Nazis expel5 him and all the Jewish children. He cannot go to school for the next six years. In those years, the Nazis take his father to Mauthausen and his mother to Auschwitz. Here she dies after some days. Polanski goes away from the Krakow ghetto in 1943 and survives6 with the help of some Polish Roman Catholics. After the war, he meets his father again and they go back to Krakow. In 1968, he goes to the USA. He also spends some time and works in Europe, in Paris. One year after, a terrible event7 happens in Polanski s life: some members of the Manson Family, a group of criminals8, kill his pregnant9 wife, the actress Roman Pola nski and Sharon Tate, and four friends. Sharon Tate in 1968. 1. film director: someone who makes films. 2. producer: someone who gives the money to make a film. 3. invades: enters a country by force. 4. ghetto: an area of a city where people of a particular ethnic group or religion live together, separated from other people. expel: send away. survives: continues to live. terrible event: a very bad fact. criminals: people who do illegal activities. 9. pregnant: a woman that is expecting a baby. 5. 6. 7. 8. 4