We Were the Lucky Ones

As a Jew I find this series to be astonishingly good and difficult to watch. The director only chose Jewish actors for the main roles which is significant. When I watch or read anything about the Holocaust I feel it in my bones. The book it is based on was written by the great-granddaughter of Nechuma and Sol. I know any Jewish actor playing a role in a script about the Holocaust would not be acting....they would be thinking it could have been them and still might be. Anti-Semitism is the oldest hatred in the world dating back 2000 years. The story is a biography about a real family that managed to survive intact. That is a miracle. A must see in my opinion.

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.

We Where the Lucky Ones is now streaming all episodes on Hulu. This true story about one family's experiences trying to survive Nazi occupied Poland consists of an entirely Jewish cast lead by Joey King and Logan Lerman. It is based on the book of the same name by Georgia Hunter and was created by Erica Lipez, who previously worked as a writer on Suits, Bates Motel, and The Morning Show.

This show sucked me in from the first episode. The way this show was written was so captivating that I found it hard to wait each week for a new episode to drop. The name of the show is We Were the Lucky Ones, and the tagline reads "inspired by one family's true story of survival" so viewers can assume that all or at least most of the family members survive. This knowledge did nothing to make this show less suspenseful or keep me from being on the edge of my seat scene after scene. All I kept thinking was "I cannot believe they survived this" and "how the hell do they survive this?"

The show not only highlights the family's survival but also does a great job of educating the viewer on the world's darkest period. Shows and movies that center around the Holocaust are extremely important and need to continue to be produced, especially now where we have seen a disgustingly high increase in antisemitic incidents since last year (361% according to CNN). The more we learn about this, the less likely it is that history will repeat itself.

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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 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.