Roman Polanski’s Polish Rescuers Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations
The Oscar-winning director, who fled the U.S. in 1978 after being convicted of statutory rape, plans to be in Poland for the award ceremony for the poor farmers who hid him 'solely out of love for others'
The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial center in Jerusalem recently announced the recognition of the Polish rescuers of Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski as Righteous Among the Nations. The grandson of the Polish couple will receive the award – given to individuals who selflessly risked their lives to save Jews from the Nazis – at a ceremony slated for next week in Poland, apparently in the presence of the director. In recent decades he has lived mostly in France to avoid extradition to the United States, where he was convicted of statutory rape.