Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski’s Holocaust saviors to be named Righteous Among the Nations

Stefania and Jan Buchała will be posthumously honored for hiding the Jewish film director from 1943 until the war’s end.

A piano that belonged to Władysław Szpilman. (Desa Uninicum)

Polish auction house selling possessions of Holocaust survivor behind ‘The Pianist’ story

The priciest item on the list of Władysław Szpilman’s objects is a Steinway piano, which is estimated to fetch as much as $70,000.

Roman Polanski wins French Oscar amid #MeToo protests

The Jewish director has been criticized for drawing parallels between his legal ordeal and that of Alfred Dreyfus, the wrongfully convicted Jewish French army officer.

Global

Former French model and actress accuses Roman Polanski of 1975 rape

Culture

Film academy expels Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby over sex crimes

United States

Roman Polanski accused of sexually molesting 10-year-old girl in 1975

Global

Polish Supreme Court rejects request to overturn Roman Polanski extradition case

Global

Family of ‘The Pianist’ wins suit against book alleging Jewish musician had Nazi ties

Culture

Iran, the Holocaust, ‘Septembers of Shiraz’ — and me

Culture

Roman Polanski, 10 other Hollywood Jews open up about surviving Holocaust

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