Corrie ten Boom, whose story can be read in the book ‘The Hiding Place’, experienced a challenging and traumatic life. At one point, she would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell. For the first fifty years of her life, nothing at all out of the ordinary had ever happened to her. She was an old-maid watchmaker living contentedly with her spinster sister and their elderly father in the tiny Dutch house over their shop. It would only be after she started hiding Jews during World War Two that her world would change forever.
At one time, Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell. For the first fifty years of her life nothing out of the ordinary had ever happened to her. She was an old-maid watchmaker living contentedly with her spinster sister and their elderly father in the tiny Dutch house over their shop. It was only when their father passed away, leaving them both orphans, that something began to happen. And what happened was not what any girl would have dreamed possible: a new life in which she would be safe from Hitler’s stormtroopers, from some terrible fate.
This is a stirring tale of survival and faith told in the voice of Corrie ten Boom, whose courageous decision to risk her life by hiding Jews during World War II forms one of the most enduring stories of heroism. From their home in Amsterdam to a Nazi concentration camp, The Hiding Place follows ten Boom’s transformation into a leader whose courage inspired others to challenge their fear and act on behalf of others who need saving. Even as she faces torture, deprivation, and abuse from the Nazis, these true stories tell us whom God calls to trust in times when hope seems lost.
About The Hiding Place Book
At one time, Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell. For the first fifty years of her life nothing at all out of the ordinary had ever happened to her. She was an old-maid watchmaker living contentedly with her spinster sister and their elderly father in the tiny Dutch house over their shop. Their uneventful days, as regulated as their watches, revolved around their abiding love for one another. However, with the Nazi invasion and occupation of Holland, a story did ensue.
Corrie ten Boom and her family became leaders in the Dutch Underground, hiding Jewish people in their homes in a specially built room and aiding their escape from the Nazis. For their help, all but Corrie found dead in a concentration camp. The Hiding Place is their story.
