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Netflix’s ‘No One Saw Us Leave’ Is a Magnetic Jewish Series Based on a True Story

JL;DR SUMMARY "No One Saw Us Leave," a Netflix series based on Tamara Trottner's autobiography, tells the intense story of her abduction as a child by her father, spanning multiple countries before reuniting with her mother in Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish TraditionFamily DynamicsNetflixCultural IdentityAbductionParental LoveJewish SeriesAshkenazi CommunityTamara TrottnerValeria

Places mentioned

Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
"In 1968, she was abducted as a child from her affluent Mexico home by her father."
France
"The three traveled from Mexico to France, Italy, South Africa and ended up in Israel, where Trottners distraught mother finally got them back after two years of effort and heartbreak."
Italy
"The three traveled from Mexico to France, Italy, South Africa and ended up in Israel, where Trottners distraught mother finally got them back after two years of effort and heartbreak."
South Africa
"The three traveled from Mexico to France, Italy, South Africa and ended up in Israel, where Trottners distraught mother finally got them back after two years of effort and heartbreak."
Israel
"The three traveled from Mexico to France, Italy, South Africa and ended up in Israel, where Trottners distraught mother finally got them back after two years of effort and heartbreak."
Kiev, Kyiv, Ukraine
"a book in which she reverently but briefly touches on the story of her grandparents journey from Kiev to Mexico."
United States
"As of the writing of this story, the show, which is based on a true story, is one of the top 10 most streamed shows in the United States and across the world."

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