BOOKS FROM NETHERLANDSThe Hiding Place
by Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill
Description:
Corrie ten Boom was a woman admired the world over for her courage, her forgiveness, and her memorable faith. In World War II, she and her family risked their lives to help Jews escape the Nazis, and their reward was a trip to Hitler's concentration camps. But she survived and was released--as a result of a clerical error--and now shares the story of how faith triumphs over evil. For thirty-five years Corrie's dramatic life story, full of timeless virtues, has prepared readers to face their own futures with faith, relying on God's love to overcome, heal, and restore. Now releasing in a thirty-fifth anniversary edition for a new generation of readers, The Hiding Place tells the riveting story of how a middle-aged Dutch watchmaker became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's death camps, and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the twentieth century.
Reviews:
(3 months ago) |
28 Aug, 2024
“Love is larger than the walls which shut it in.”
During WW2, a humble elderly watchmaker and his daughters create a refuge in their house in Harlem to hide Jews and others persecuted and hunted by the Nazis.
Corrie ten Boom wrote this book after her release from Ravensbruck concentration camp. Corrie and her family faced hardship and imprisonment but their Faith never faltered. The Hiding Place is an outstanding testament to how one humble Dutch family, against all odds, relied on the power of love to overcome, in their own small way, the forces of Nazism.
Some people have commented that they found this book offensive because of the frequent references the author made to her Christian faith. If this offends you, then just don't read this book. I thought that this book could teach us a lot about tolerance, acceptance and selflessness, traits which seem to be in short supply these days.
“Corrie, if people can be taught to hate, they can be taught to love! We must find the way, you and I, no matter how long it takes.”
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