We Were the Lucky Ones

This story will make your heart hurt and you will feel like you know this family. As many times as I have read or seen WW11 stories, it still blows my mind all of this happened to human beings. This show makes you connect to each character. One story line that is beautifully and heartbreakingly done is the mother/daughter story. Parts of the episodes are difficult to watch but you need to because it happened and this show does a good job of showing the horror of early wartime in Poland. I am not done with the series yet but look forward to each episode. If this is your history genre, watch and read the book.

I watched this show within 2 days, at least the first episodes that anre available. I don't think the other reviewer did. First, it's not a movie. Second, because by the point of the most recent episode we have barely gotten to 1941.

The show covers lesser known stories during WWII like Russian Siberian work camps (so many political prisoners and their families died due to harsh conditions in these camps) as well as the plight of European Jews attempting to sail to another continent.

Lastly, it's actually about Jewish people. The protagonists are Jewish and not some white savior. And the protagonists are acted by Jewish people. It seems the other reviewer found all of this somehow intolerable, as it's not the norm.

The show is pretty good. I will finish it when the rest of the episodes come out. Logan Lerman fell off my radar after the blockbusters of his early career but I was pleasantly surprised to see him and King fill their roles.

I do not understand why there are any reviewers who claim that this covers the usual ground. Apart from the fact their are millions of stories of suffering during the Holocaust, this particular family had a very unique experience and the series gives insight into the less common fates from Polish Jews during WW2.. More than ever now, we should be reminding ourselves of the uniquely terrible experience of Jews and other victims of Nazism & Facists during the war.

I agree the accents could be a bit distracting, but the acting was very good. The series does take a couple episodes to find its rhythm but it quickly becomes compelling and I binged the whole thing over the weekend.

I would definitely reccommend this. My only complaint is that the rviwe has to be so long.

I would also reccommend visting the Shoah Foundation Youtube channel for first person accounts of survivors of the Holocaust; each story truly extraordinary and important.

I don't understand any of the negative reviews!

Only four episodes so far...but I am extremely captivated by this show. Some characters are a bit more likeable or more interesting than others, but I think the character development is solid so far.

The storylines so far are interesting and definitely keeping me wanting to keep watching. I appreciate each family member's unique storyline and seeing where everyone ends up.

Someone commented that the accents are fake, but I disagree. I think the actors are phenomenal and it seems most of them are actually Jewish which gives this show some extra authenticity points.

I think this show has great momentum and I'm very upset I can't watch the remaining 4! I want to binge the rest of this. Please give this a chance and don't listen to the low reviews!

The only negative I can say is that in the first episode it's a bit tricky to figure out who all the characters are. I simply rewatched the 1st episode again.

Otherwise this is an excellent series. I agree with other user comments...if you think the events in the film are overblown or overly dramatic, read up on your history. To the contrary, even the most wrenching scenes were depicted in a measured manner, especially considering the reality of that time and place.

For those of us who are history buffs and think we've seen it all when it comes to WWII films, this film offers a unique perspective of one family's plight, and the plot takes curious twists and turns that are both surprising and gripping.