Renaye's Biography

My Biography: Oskar Schindler.

Have you ever saved over 1200 people? Oskar Schindler did and he only wrote a list to do it. Oskar Schindler was born on the 28^th April 1908, in Moravia, Czech Republic, to Franziska Luser and Hans Schindler.

Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews during WWII by employing them in his factory. His famous list later inspired a movie called “Schindler’s List” He was a German Catholic and he wanted to stop the Nazis wiping out the entire Jewish population.

A lot of the Jews that he saved didn’t care that they were in hiding they said “At least we are still alive” He spent 40 million German Marks on saving the Jews. That’s 36, 947,900.79 NZD. Unfortunately Oskar died at the age of 66 because of a stroke. On his grave all the people that he saved put a rock (That a lot of rocks!)

By Renaye

Celine's Biography

Michael Jackson

Have you ever wondered who Michael Jackson is?

Well he’s the king of pop. He was born August 29^th 1958 and died June 25^th 2009.

The cause of his death was a drug over dose from one of his many doctors. His death was very sudden. Michael Jackson died on the 25^th of June 2009.

His album thriller is the best selling album in the world and he wrote and sung 100 songs from 1968-2003 thats 45 years from the age of 10-55.

Also he had his own charity for people in poverty. The charity was called Usa Africa they raised around 50 million dollars for it.

By: Celine

Ashleigh's Biography

Princess Dianna

If you have ever wished you could live next door to the Queen and then some day get married to a prince and become princess?

Well on the 1st July 1961 n Norfolk, England Dianna Spencer was born. Her parents Frances (mum) Johnnie (dad) didn’t know what to call her at first, but after 3 weeks they decided to call her Dianna Spencer.

In February 1981 the news came out that Prince Charles was getting married to Lady Dianna Spencer. He was 32 and she was 12 years younger than him.

Princess Dianna did a lot of work for the world...

She went to Africa and helped the sick and poor people.

She bent down to the height of young kids and talked to them.

Tragically she died in a car crash.

People today can spell out her death by her name.

By Ashleigh

Emma R's Blog

Michael Jackson

Have you ever wondered if there has been a king of pop?

Well there has been, his name is Michael Jackson and he died last year. Michael Jackson was born August 29th 1958 and died June 25th 2009. He grew in up in Gary, Indiana.

Did you know that ever since Michael Jackson died they called the street that he grew up in Jackson Street!

Michael Jackson has three sisters and six brothers and he also has three children of his own. He grew up with a very musical, dancing sort of family. So he and his brothers started something called the Jackson Five and became famous very quickly, they even made an album. The Jackson Five went on T.V., radio and performed concerts.

Michael Jackson loved children since his parents used violence when he was young. My favourite song of his is 'They don't really care about us'.

By Emma R

Garyu's Biography

Martin Luther King Jr.

Have you ever faced the dogs, the racist police and heavy criticism for trying to get equal rights that other people have? Well that’s what Martin Luther King Jr. faced after he led numerous protests and marches against white racist people in the USA. He wanted equal rights for African-Americans living in the US.

Martin Luther King Junior was born in Atlanta on 15^th January 1929. His parents were Reverend Martin Luther King Senior and Alberta Williams King. His interests were bringing together all of the races and theology. While he was young, he learned from his parents that African-Americans did not have equal rights as white people. He grew up to fight the racist laws with friend Ralph Abernathy and later wards Rosa Parks. He gave many speeches including the world famous ‘I Have a Dream’ on August 28 1963. It drew quarter of a million people to the Lincoln Memorial where Martin gave the speech in Central Washington.

Martin pursued his dreams about theology which is about religious beliefs and God, becoming a Baptist minister in 1948 after he finished Booker T Washington High School and Morehouse College. He married Coretta Scott in 1953.

Martin won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for all of his protests and marches against discrimination of African-Americans in the USA.

On the 4^th of April 1968, Martin was standing on the balcony of a hotel in Memphis Tennessee waiting for Ralph when he was shot in the head by supposedly convicted criminal Earl James Ray. He was driven to St Josephs Hospital in an ambulance but died on the operating table at 7:05pm. The response by the USA was riots throughout the country. Martin changed the future of the USA forever.

At his funeral a eulogy was given by Dr. Benjamin, his old tutor. He said:

“Martin Luther faced the dogs, the police, heavy criticism, and finally death; yet he never carried a gun, not even a knife to defend himself. He only had his faith to rely on.”

Martin once said to his wife Coretta that he wouldn’t reach 40. That eventually became true, as he died at the age of 39. Martin’s family later said that James have nothing to do with the murder. Loyd Jowers was found to have had a part in the murder. Loyd said that Lt. Earl Clark from Memphis Police Department made the shot, but this claim has not been proven.

By Garyu

Alex's Biography

OSAMA BIN LADEN AND THE TALIBAN!!!

Osama bin laden is the high commander of the Taliban.

The Taliban is a group of terrorist that are responsible for the 911 attacks in the USa. These attacks were on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Octagon in Washington DC. Osama Bin Laden arranged for suicide bombers to crash the planes into the World Trade Centre.

Osama is in the top 10 F.B.I most wanted list. He is currently number 3 on the list.

He is wanted for terrorism and MURDER OF U.S. Nationals outside the United States.

The U.S Army have been looking for him since he was 22 but they have been unable to catch him and now he is 53. This is because he moves location every 20 days and he has lots of people protecting him between a number of different countries.

By Alex G

Danielle's Biography

Anne Frank

How would you like it if you and everyone of your religion were forced to play the mouse that eats the cheese in the mouse-trap? That’s what Anne Frank and thousands of others had to try and avoid in World War ll. This was because of a German ruler named Hitler, who thought Jews did not fit in as his image of the ‘perfect’ German.

Anne Frank was one of these Jews. For the first 5 care-free years of Anne Frank’s life, she lived with her caring parents (Otto and Edith) and her sister Margot. They lived in an apartment on the outskirts of a small town named Frankfurt.

But it was in the time of 1933, the time when the Nazi’s seized power. That was when Anne Frank’s life changed completely. Her father Otto fled to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, where he had business connections. The rest of the family soon followed and Anne was to the last to arrive after living with her grandparents. When they were in the Netherlands, they hid in an attic with four other Jews, four two years.

While Anne was hiding, she kept a diary which meant absolutely everything to her. Unfortunately after two years, they were found, and sent to a concentration camp where Anne died of Typhus. Anne Frank’s diary was famous and you can still find it in a bookshop. Anne Frank was known for her courage to speak her mind (in her) and have fun while hiding from the greatest threat of all time.

By Danielle