: 18 Polanski then witnessed both the ghettoization of Kraków's Jews into a compact area of the city, and the subsequent deportation of all the ghetto's Jews to German death camps. After he was expelled, he would not be allowed to enter another classroom for the next six years. That initiative was soon followed by the requirement that all Jewish children over the age of twelve wear white armbands with a blue Star of David imprinted for visual identification. Around the age of six, he attended primary school for only a few weeks, until "all the Jewish children were abruptly expelled," writes biographer Christopher Sandford. Kraków was soon occupied by the German forces, and the racist and anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws made the Polańskis targets of persecution, forcing them into the Kraków Ghetto, along with thousands of the city's Jews. The Polański family moved back to the Polish city of Kraków in early 1937, and were living there when World War II began with the invasion of Poland. Polanski later stated that he was an atheist. Annette managed to survive Auschwitz, where her mother was murdered, and left Poland forever for France.
His mother had a daughter, Annette, by her previous husband. Polanski's father was Jewish and originally from Poland Polanski's mother, born in Russia, had been raised Roman Catholic and was of half Jewish ancestry. Polanski was born in Paris he was the son of Bula "Bella" (née Katz-Przedborska) and Mojżesz Liebling, a painter and manufacturer of sculptures, who after World War II was known as Ryszard Polański. 5.5 Additional allegations, 2017 onwards.3.7.1 Fifth César Award for Best Director.3.4.3 The Fearless Vampire Killers (1997).
In 1968, he moved to the United States and cemented his status by directing the horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968). In the United Kingdom he directed three films, beginning with Repulsion (1965).
Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes under an adopted identity and survived the Holocaust. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. His Polish–Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937. Roman Polanski (born Raymond Thierry Liebling on 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.