A stranger at home... ? Dietrich, 17- years old, is living in a small village in Thüringen being trained to become a forester. In this videoletter he talks about his childhood and youth in the former GDR, about how he experienced the "change-over" and how his life has changed.Gerd Conradt continues his work of producing video-letters: in 1989, the German television ZDF broadcast letters which people who had fled the GDR sent to their relatives back home. This time young people in the whole world are addressed - Dietrich is waiting for their answers.