"The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom" is a WWII memoir about a family who hides Jews and ends up in Auschwitz, yet it is not as traumatizing as other books about concentration camps. The story follows Corrie Ten Boom, a Jewish Christian who bravely helped hide Jews from the gestapo and was later sent to a concentration camp. Despite having a strong religious focus, the book portrays a tremendous story of resilience and faith under immense pressure during World War II.
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"I pray that God forgive them…"
Corrie Ten Boom stood naked with her older sister Betsie, watching a concentration camp matron beating a prisoner. "Oh, the poor woman," Corrie cried. "Yes. May God forgive her," Betsie replied. And, once again, Corrie realized that it was for the souls of the brutal Nazi guards that her sister prayed.
Both woman had been sent to the camp for helping the Jews. Christ's Spirit and words were their guide; it was His persecuted people they tried to save-at the risk of their own lives; it was His strength that sustained them through times of profound horror.
Here is a book aglow with the glory of God and the courage of a quiet Christian spinster whose life was transformed by it. A story of Christ's message and the courage woman who listened and lived to pass it along-with joy and triumph!
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A must read! Beautifully told and very honest to the harsh realities of WWII. The Ten Boom family will forever be heroes for their actions and I now want to visit their home. It is located just fifteen minutes from Anne Frank’s home.
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About the Author:
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (15 April 1892 – 15 April 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, who worked with her father, Casper ten Boom, her sister Betsie ten Boom and other family members to help many Jewish people escape from the Nazis during the Holocaust in World War II by hiding them in her home. They were caught, and she was arrested and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
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