Fate Did Not Let Me Go - A Mother Farwell To Her Son

Documentary film focussing on the last letter Valli Ollendorf wrote to her son Ulrich on 24.8.42, shortly before her death in the Terezin concentration camp during World War 2. The letter was lost for 50 years, and only reached Ulrich in 1985, when he was already 79 years old. The letter's expression of love and devotion, its encouragement to believe in the human spirit and to live a life inspired by love even in hard times, touched the hearts of the family members who realized that this was more than just a personal letter. After Ulrich's death, the family consulted with a rabbi, and finally decided to publish the letter.