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Roman Polanski, born Roman Liebling, was born August 18, 1933 in Paris. He was the son of Jewish-Polish parents, who returned to Poland in 1937, because of the antisemitism rising going on France. At the start of World War II Roman and his parents were sent to the concentration camp in Auschwitz Before Roman’s family was to be sent to the camp Roman’s father was able to help his son escape. He survived by wandering the countryside of Poland living with various Catholic families. It was during this time that young Roman found an interest in the cinema. The cinema gave Roman the protection that he was missing on the outside world. Unfortunately for Roman his mother died shortly after entering Auschwitz. In 1945 at the end of the war Roman was reunited with his father, where he learned about the death of his mother. Shortly after coming home Roman’s father remarried. Angry at his father Roman left home. During this short time away from home Roam was able to pursue his love of films. Two films in particular really influenced him, Hamlet, and Odd Man Out. After a near fatal incident that almost took his life in 1949, Roman’s father decided to enroll his son at a technical school. Roman had other pl