Introduction

We Were The Lucky Ones is an American historical drama miniseries developed by Erica Lipez for Hulu that premiered on 28 March 2024. It is an adaptation of the 2017 book of the same name by Georgia Hunter, inspired by the story of her own family.

It depicts the Holocaust from the perspective of the Kurc family, Polish Jews, during World War II. The story centres on siblings played by Joey King, Logan Lerman, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Amit Rahav and Hadas Yaron and their parents, played by Lior Ashkenazi and Robin Weigert.

Outline

Mila trades her wedding ring for passage on the wagon. She is reunited with Felicia and they return home. Halina, Jakob and Bella come out of hiding and return to their home to find it destroyed. Adam, Bella’s sister Ana and Ana’s husband, Daniel are missing. Bella searches for her sister but it is decided Ana and Daniel are most likely dead. Halina, Jakob and Bella make arrangements to return to Radom but when Halina hears that Adam may be alive and being held in a Jewish encampment, she decides to stay in Lvov. Eliska and Addy arrive in Brazil but are detained because their visas have expired. Halina forges new identification paperwork to get Adam released. Genek, Herta and the others are taken to Uzbekistan to fight for Poland but they do not want Jews in the infantry. Genek fights with Herta about the infantry job. Eliska tells Addy they are the last ones allowed into Brazil. Addy is upset because he knows his family will not be allowed to join them and fights with Eliska. The Kurcs celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Sol reveals he has received a letter from Halina that says she and Adam are both ok, married and living in Warsaw. Bella gets upset and tells Jakob she is pursuing a job outside of the ghetto. Genek receives lessons on Catholicism so he can join the infantry. Free in Brazil, Eliska and Addy go their separate ways.

We Were The Lucky Ones Series

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Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 11 April 2024.
• Running time: 60 minutes.
• Rating: TV-MA.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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