Category: The Hiding Place

Corrie Ten Boom’s astounding life story; “The Hiding place” is an incredible story about her and her sister Betsie, being sent to concentration camps for hiding Jews in WWII. Despite enduring so much pain throughout this adventure, Corrie and her sister continuously worshipped God. Every day these two sisters had to convince each other, and themselves, that all this suffering would soon end, and they would soon be free from the “hell”, or the concentration camp that they had been placed in. in spite of all this, Corrie and Betsie somehow managed to keep in mind that God was with them. One of Betsie Ten Boom’s famous quotes are, “There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still”. Before the whole adventure began, corrie’s mother became very ill. Although her mother suffered bed ridden and unwell, she worshipped the Lord with all her heart. Though, she soon died leaving her family to mourn her death. Although through death comes great suffering, Corrie Ten Boom’s mother lead a great example to what is about to come for Corrie and Betsie.

All Corrie Ten Boom’s suffering began after a quite normal and simple life. Willem, Corrie Ten Boom’s brother, started working in the secret underground where he learned that Hitler wanted to take away the Jews, and put them into concentration camps. Corrie and the rest of her family took on the responsibility of hiding several Jews in their house. The very first big step of their adventure began when a man brought a baby Jew into their house, seeking help. The Jew needed a place to stay, yet even the pastor of a church wouldn’t take it, stating it was too dangerous. This courageous family decided they would find a place for this baby to stay hence, beginning the house rule that the door will be open to anyone who needs help. After this mindset came about, Corrie and her family welcomed many Jews and kept them safe in a small space hidden in her room. Not long after, Corrie, Betsie and her father all went to a concentration camp where the endured much pain, including two of them dying. But how could all this suffering happen to a good person like Corrie?

While Corrie was held in captivity this is something that she had said, “During this time a Bible verse that I had committed to memory gave me great hope and joy. “If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you; on their part evil is spoken of, but on your part He is glorified.” I found myself saying, “Hallelujah! Because I am suffering, Jesus is glorified”. Since God is the source of all goodness, his glory is the wellspring of all joy. What God does for his own sake benefits us. Therefore, whatever glorifies him is good for us. And that includes the suffering he allows or brings into our lives. God refines us in our suffering and graciously explains why: “See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this”. For emphasis, God repeats this reason. Some consider God cruel to test us for his sake,

but the testing he does for his sake accrues to our eternal benefit. How often have you heard people say, “I grew closest to God when my life was free from pain and suffering”? God takes our suffering and turns it around so that we can see how good he is. Not only does God come into your life to make your life better, but he may also use your suffering and life story for everyone else as well. If Corrie had not endured this suffering, there would be no book to read, no moral of the story. The whole reason why God “allowed” this suffering was so that Corrie could share her amazing story with all of us. Now, Corrie’s life story is known all over the world, spreading hope to people about God and his love, that even in the darkest times, God will shine through.

This story has impacted so many people, spreading the gospel to people who may not have even thought about following Jesus. This is how God uses suffering for his glory. He takes the sin of the world and turns it into a better story.

The Hiding Place is an autobiography of Corrie ten Boom’s experience as a major kingpin in the Jewish Underground Railroad. The story starts off about the hundredth anniversary of the ten Boom watch shop. The family lives in Haarlem, Holland. The father, Casper, it’s very religious and generous. The family and their employees gather every morning to read from the Bible.

The year in the beginning of the book was 1937, when Nazism was becoming a major problem. The Dutch house, or beje, is the main location/setting of the story. The book then goes back to when Corrie was a young girl and how she grew up and why she is the way that she is now. The community really enjoys the presence of the ten Booms in the watch shop. The people who lived in the house or Corrie, her father, and her sister Betsy. They created a secret room for Jewish people to hide during rates. Cory constantly had a battle in her mind about whether what they were doing was right, but she always reminded herself it’s what God would have done. Cory had acquired a list of connections who would be able to help her in her plan to keep the Jews safe. Someone is helping them with ration cards, ways to get past the police and much more. It was very difficult for the family to keep their business going well, maintaining the secret of what was really going on day by day in the beje. They had been preparing for many many nights and days for when the raid would come.

They want to be prepared for anything. And one day it did come. The Jews that were hiding were never found so they were saved but people on the streets of been talking and the German police found out that it was Corrie and her father and Betsie that where the main problem and ring leaders in Haarlem. The three of them were arrested and separated. Unfortunately, father died ten days after he was arrested but Betsie and Corrie were imprisoned for a couple months. While in prison, Cory was very sick and she was kept in solitary confinement in order to prevent the spread of disease. While in the cell, Corrie started to make the best out of everything. She tried to decorate her room so that she would not be as bored. Though she was sick, she was not treated any better. They did take her to a doctor who was very kind and gave Cory some items that she needed. Nollie had sent a package to Cory while she was in jail and it contained the four Gospels, but she had given them away. The doctor had given her a Bible and a few other things such as a needle and thread.

The other inmates would whisper to each other and asking for names to see if there were their family members in the same location or if anyone knew anything about them. Betsie and Corrie discover that they are in the same prison. Later, both of them were moved to a different person and they were able to talk about what had happened.

Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom was born on April 15, 1892, in Haarlem, Netherlands. For her whole life, she was referred to as “Corrie”. She was the youngest child in the family and took the job profession of a jeweller and watchmaker. She and her family were Calvinist Christians in a Dutch Reformed Church. Their faith motivated them in supporting those who were struggling in life, which they did by donating living essentials to poor people in the Netherlands. In May 1940, the Germans invaded the Netherlands. Within months, the “Nazification” of the Dutch people began, but Corrie and her family couldn’t stand the fact of the innocent civilians they knew and loved were murdered, so they fought valiantly, and helped save Jews by hiding them in a secret room with a trap door, in their house. However, one day they were exposed by a dutch informant, and they were sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, in Germany. Ever since the day the Nazis knocked on Corrie’s door, everything changed.

Corrie Ten Boom faced multiple troubles when she was growing up, and she saw a lot of terrible things happen to people she knew during this time. The trials she and her family faced strengthened their faith and though all of these troubles, God taught them how to face challenges with an open heart, and how to teach others about how Jesus can change their lives forever. Corrie Ten Boom faced a lot of challenges and conquered many trials of her faith during her time spent in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. When she arrived at the camp and stepped off the bus, their luggage was inspected for any weapons or any items that weren’t allowed in the camp. As she walked up with her luggage, she had a shocking realization that her bible was in her bag. When the Nazi official found the bible, he asked what it was. Corrie responded saying “It’s the holy bible, I read it to comfort myself”. Then, God miraculously touched the Nazi official’s heart and he allowed her through with her bible. This then touched Corrie’s heart, and she was inspired to help more people, and to be released from the camp she was in.

Another trial Corrie faced, was when Corrie and her sister Betsie, and her roommates caught lice. Corrie and the other women were all complaining, except for Corrie’s older sister. Throughout the years Corrie was with her sister in Ravensbrück concentration camp, she learned that her sister was always comforting, and she was always positive about everything she went through. She always looked up to her sister and wished that she could talk and think like her. Corrie’s sister displays this positivity in this situation and helps the girls connect. Betsie and the girls figure out that since they now have lice, the Nazis want to avoid them, and they were able to host weekly bible studies using Corrie’s bible, and they could pray, and study the bible. Corrie said that they were so blessed to be able to do this, and they helped each other when struggling in their faith. They learned how to comfort each other and they loved each other. At the end of World War II, both Corrie and her sister survived.

The final trial that Corrie faced, was when her sister, her best friend at the time, died of a stroke. This hurt Corrie, and when this happens, she went through a state of her life where she was far away from God, and where her faith was incredibly shallow. She started to experience extreme sadness and depression, and she was on the brink of killing herself. However, in her book the hiding place, she shares about a sermon she went to about James chapter one verse two to four. It talked about how the trials of your faith build your endurance, and how these trials can make you a better person. A few months after the sermon, she creates a video called “God’s Love” inspired by her sisters’ personality, and way of thinking. This video highlights how we can build our faith by helping others, and that being kind to others can build their faith as well.

The sources of these trials originate from God. God uses people to make their trails. God uses trials as his tool to test if you will respond in faith and holiness. When Corrie sufferers through difficult trials, she chooses not to run away from them and not to fortify herself with comfortability and safety. She realizes that she will miss out on the chance of being utilized by God if she tries to avoid it. God uses trials to turn our dependence fully on him. God often uses trials to get our attention and reveal sin. God entrusts us with these trials so that we can be a light. God is at work in our bodies and is producing the fruit in our lives. He teaches through trials and loss that he alone is our treasure and great reward at the end. Trials are used to remind and restore us to fellowship with him.

God helped Corrie Ten Boom endure her trials in multiple situations through the lives of many people such as her sister, her friends and sometimes even Nazi officials. She encountered many trials of her faith, and through these trials, God made her a better person, and God deepened her faith. God also gave her lots of chances to glorify him and spread the word of his glory when she was at the camp. She held Bible studies and helped others become Christians, and she enhanced her faith. She went through highs and lows, but she always trusted in God to help her, and God always did. One way or another, God gave Corrie and her sister the strength to keep going, and to finish the work they had already started in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. When they finally were freed out of the camp, her sister died, and her parents had died as well. Corrie went through a dark time, struggling with depression and anxiety. However, God gave her the strength to persevere through her struggles, and to inspire others to persevere through their struggles as well.

After the war, Corrie Ten Boom returned to her homeland. She set up a rehabilitation camp for Holocaust survivors and those who had associated with the Germans during the war. In 1964, she began a worldwide ministry to over 60 countries. She shared the story of her life in churches, conferences, and Bible study groups to help convert others to Christians. She received many honours including having locations dedicated to her and her family and being knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands for her brave work during the war. Later in 1971, she wrote a book called The Hiding Place about her experiences during World War II. Corrie’s journey of life and forgiveness impacted many people in the world on how to live a life following God’s freedom and hope. Corrie’s wisdom inspired many to move forward with the same forgiveness, inspiring spirit of her brave soul.

I learned that most people fail to see God’s purpose and goodness in his trials. Often we are complaining, getting impatient and blaming God to put us through the trials and facing all the troubles and difficulties. We don’t see the benefits that God is bringing to us. Instead, God uses trials to direct people. God uses trials to point us in a new direction in God’s freedom and hope. Furthermore, God uses problems to teach us that Jesus is better than anything this world has to offer. Sometimes the way for us to learn is through pain and suffering. Through the battles, we can learn how to trust God infinitely and depend on him.

The Gestapo was a crucial component in Nazi repression and the Holocaust, they used ruthless methods on the people who disobeyed them, these methods have made them popular today. The people who disobeyed the Gestapo were horribly treated by the Gestapo. The activities that the Gestapo did were overly cruel, they didn’t answer to any judicial or legal oversight, they did very unlawful things, and finally they had the power to where no one could stop them.

The three main reasons that support my accusation that the Gestapo was cruel and ruthless are absurd, the things they did are unearthly and should never be done to anyone. There are many points to support that the Gestapo used ruthless acts, here’s number one. The Gestapo used cruel punishments on people who did nothing to them.

In The Hiding Place it shows the Gestapo hitting and pushing the people in Corrie’s home that did nothing to the Gestapo whatsoever.Support: The Gestapo was beating the people inside the home that did nothing to them. At the clinic there was an old man trying to argue with them and the Gestapo beat him just for talking back once

Next second point is showing the disobeyment of the Gestapo.he Gestapo didn’t follow any government or judicial oversight. If it were up to the government they obviously wouldn’t allow this evil power control everything. The Nazi’s created a frightening state, they did this by intimidation and showing their strength. This making the people living in Germany to scared to disobey Nazi’s laws.

Thirdly, The Gestapo still sets the bar for evil. The Gestapo for short was made up of thugs, killers, and very detailed clerks. Its hands on agents specialized in terror and mass murder. The ways that they tortured people for no apparent reason is sickening.

Finally, the last point is The Role of the Gestapo. The role of the Gestapo was mainly to eliminate in cruel ways and do anything and everything that Hitler said no exceptions. Thatś what made 3

To concluded that the Gestapo’s acts were terrible… There are many points to support that the Gestapo used ruthless acts, here’s number one. The Gestapo used cruel punishments on people who did nothing to them. Next second point is showing the disobeyment of the Gestapo. The Gestapo didn’t follow any government or judicial oversight. Finally, this is the last point. The Gestapo still sets the bar for evil.

Based on these points as many people believe and you should also that the Gestapo was an awful task force that used acts that shouldn’t be done to anyone.