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Fate did not let me go : a mother's farewell letter / [Valli Ollendorff] ; foreword by Stephen A. Ollendorff ; [photographs by Ivo Pervan].
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ollendorff, Valli, 1874-1942.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Ollendorff, Valli, 1874-1942--Correspondence.
- Ollendorff, Valli.
- Ollendorff, Valli, 1874-1942.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Czech Republic.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives, German.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jews--Persecutions--Czech Republic.
- Jews.
- Jews--Persecutions.
- Czech Republic.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Personal narratives -- German.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal correspondence.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub. Co., [2003]
- Language Note:
- Text in English, translated from German, with the original German text included.
- Summary:
- A heartbreaking memento of the Holocaust that reveals fear, longing, love, and hope to a son who escaped the Nazis by fleeing to America. PBS Documentary, Teacher's Guide, Reader's Group Discussion Guide Available
- Notes:
- "This letter ... was written [by the author to her son, Ulrich] on August 24, 1942, at Rothenberg just prior to her being shipped to the Thereseienstadt concentration camp"--Foreword.
- "As seen on Public Television"--Back of jacket.
- ISBN:
- 1589801539
- OCLC:
- 52192597
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