In Hulu's 'We Were the Lucky Ones,' an engrossing family drama with the Holocaust as backdrop

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Based on Georgia Hunter's novel, 'We Were the Lucky Ones' succeeds because it never leaves its characters' sides to take in the bigger picture.

My Ukrainian Jewish parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were comfortably ensconced in the Midwest when Hitler began persecuting the Jews; I have no familial connection to the Holocaust. Still, the sight of a swastika gives me shivers, and all the more so given that, in this age of denial and re-nascent fascism, the symbol has outlived its ironic uses and is simply a sign of antisemitism.

It's a convincing family portrait, filled out with food and music and gossip. Between them, the Kurcs offer a range of opinions on what might or might not be coming, and what should be done. Even after the Nazis invade Poland, halfway through the opening episode, things advance by degrees, so that the next worst thing can't quite be imagined, and once imagined really believed. Decisions are put off, disagreements turn into arguments, and fate jumps in.

 

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