Corrie Ten Boom: Her Story
by Corrie Ten Boom
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The hiding place: The amazing story of Corrie ten Boom, a heroine of the Dutch Resistance who helped Jews escape from the Nazis and became one of the most remarkable evangelists of the 20th century, is told in her classic memoir, now repackaged for a new generation.Tramp for the Lord: Tramp for the Lord begins where Corrie ten Boom's all-time classic, The Hiding Place, ends. Join Corrie on a worldwide trip that could only have been planned by God. Take, for instance, one of Corrie's moving show more stories: "It was in a church in Munich that I saw him... One moment I saw the overcoat and the brown hat; the next, a blue uniform and a visored cap with its skull and crossbones. It came back with a rush: The place was Ravensbruck and the man who was making his way forward had been a guard-one of the most cruel guards. Now he was in front of me, hand thrust out. I was face to face with one of my captors and my blood seemed to freeze. 'Fraulein, will you forgive me?'" Corrie ten Boom lived with her family in Holland for fifty years before the outbreak of World War II. Hiding Jewish refugees led to the family's arrest and Corrie was imprisoned in a German concentration camp. Released after ten months, she tramped the world with "a burning desire to tell others that Jesus is a reality, that He lives, that He is Victor." show lessTags
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"Corrie Ten Boom devoted her entire lifetime to God's service. The spiritual lessons she learned throughout her many experiences are collected here for the first time in three bestselling biographical works." from book jacket
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Corrie ten Boom was a writer and historian. She was born in the Netherlands in 1892. In February of 1944, an informer turned the ten Boom family in to the Gestapo for hiding Jews in their watch and clock shop. Six family members and 30 friends were arrested. Casper, Betsie, and Christiaan ten Boom died as prisoners. Because of a clerical error, show more Corrie Ten Boom was released, one week before all the women her age were killed. ten Boom went on to tell her message of survival for the next 32 years in countries throughout the world. Her story became both a book and a movie titled The Hiding Place. Ten Boom died on April 15, 1983. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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