ten Boom, Corrie. The Hiding Place. 2006. 271p. ISBN 9780800794057. Available at B TEN on the library shelves and also as a DVD from the DVD collection.
Born and raised in a loving Dutch family, Corrie stayed at home following a heart-breaking romance, and worked for her father, Haarlem’s watchmaker. Following the death of their mother she learned the craft and managed the shop, while her sister Betsie ran the household.
With the onset of World War II, Holland is in a precarious position. The Germans are on the borders, while France and England are already fighting. Though Holland is assured of peace, the Germans invade the next day and the entire country falls five days later. Now occupied, the lives of Jews become precarious. Corrie decides to begin helping them, and what starts as a charitable thought becomes a true underground cells with hundreds of people moving through their residence on their way out of the country or to safe places. Jews, youth, resistance fighters, and allied pilots all benefited from their assistance.
Eventually, her ring is infiltrated and she is caught, along with her father, brother, and sister. What ensues are years of misery at the hands of the Germans culminating to deportation to Ravensbrück concentration camp, the infamous women’s death camp. But with the help of God, Corrie survived the camp and set about redeeming both perpetrators and survivors. An inspiring story, it demonstrates that love and belief in God can indeed conquer all.
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