The Hiding Place
Corrie ten Boom · with Elizabeth & John Sherrill · 35th Anniversary Edition
About this book
The Hiding Place is Corrie ten Boom's own account of her family's work hiding Jewish refugees from the Nazis in their home in Haarlem, the Netherlands, during World War II. When the ten Booms were betrayed and arrested in 1944, Corrie and her sister Betsie were sent through the Dutch prison system and finally to Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany. The book follows Corrie from her quiet life as Holland's first licensed female watchmaker, through the years of occupation and imprisonment, to the message of forgiveness and faith she carried to audiences worldwide for the rest of her life. First published in 1971 and co-written with Elizabeth and John Sherrill, it remains one of the most widely read works of twentieth-century Christian testimony literature.
- 15 chapters
- Foreword · Preface · Introduction
- 185 pages (this edition)
- First published 1971
- 35th Anniversary Edition, 2006
- English
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About Corrie ten Boom
Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boom (1892–1983) was born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, and became the first licensed female watchmaker in the country, working alongside her father Casper in the family's watch shop. During the German occupation, the ten Boom family used a specially built hiding place in their home — the "Beje" — to shelter Jewish refugees and members of the Dutch resistance. Betrayed in February 1944, the family was arrested; Corrie's father died within days of his arrest, and Corrie and her sister Betsie were eventually sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, where Betsie died. Corrie was released in December 1944, reportedly due to a clerical error, one week before all the women in her age group were killed. After the war she traveled the world for more than thirty years as a speaker on forgiveness and faith. Her family home in Haarlem is preserved today as the Corrie ten Boom House museum.
Table of Contents
As printed in the 35th Anniversary Edition:
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