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We Were the Lucky Ones

By Melissa Camacho, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 15+

Family's Holocaust drama is violent, filled with hope.

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The series, based on Georgia Hunter's grandfather's life story, is both distressing and inspiring as it tells the harrowing Holocaust survival stories of an extended Polish Jewish family. While focusing on Halina and Addy, We Were the Lucky Ones successfully reveals the systematic marginalization the Kurc family and other Jewish Poles endured during the Holocaust. It depicts having everything taken away, being forced into ghettos, and surviving pogroms perpetuated by Ukrainian nationalists (who scapegoated Jews as a result of Soviet occupation) and the Einsatzgruppen (German death squads). The limited support offered by international governments is also highlighted.

As the horror unfolds, the overall narrative stays focused on the courage of the Kurc siblings, and the commitment they have to their parents and to each other. Like any Holocaust story, We Were the Lucky Ones shows unspeakable evil and painful losses, but the miniseries manages to overshadow this with hope and heart.

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