These acts of heroism and sacrifice became the foundation for Corrie ten Boom's global writing and speaking career which began after she was released. Corrie's father (Casper), her sister (Betsy) and one grandchild (Kik) perished. Corrie was allowed to stay with her precious sister, Betsy. The ten Boom family members were separated and transferred to concentration camps. The four Jews and two underground workers in the house at the time of the arrest were not located by the Nazis and were extricated by the underground 47 hours after they fled to the tiny hiding place (located in Corrie's room). 28, 1944, they were betrayed and Corrie and several relatives were arrested. It is estimated they were able to save the lives of 800 Jews, in addition to protecting underground workers. They were hiding, feeding and transporting Jews and underground members hunted by the Gestapo out of the country.

During the Nazi occupation, they chose to act out their faith through peaceful resistance to the Nazis by active participation in the Dutch underground. From her near-destitute days in postwar New York to heart-stopping adventures in Africa, let her be your once-in-a-lifetime guide on a worldwide trip that could only have been planned by God.Ĭorrie ten Boom and her family were Christians who were active in social work in their home town of Haarlem, the Netherlands. Miracles do happen Corrie ten Boom's life is living proof. She is a modest and simple woman who has seen and known a world few others could imagine a survivor of Hitler's worst concentration camps and one of the most remarkable evangelists of our time. This is Corrie Ten Boom's story: beginning where her profoundly moving bestseller ended, taking us on a uniquely thrilling tour to the nearest and farthest corners of the earth. Reverend Martin comes face to face with the sins of his youth in the person of Robert X, a young, unkempt stranger who arrives in town for a mysterious 'meeting' with the Reverend. A story of Christ's message and the courageous woman who listened and lived to pass it along with joy and triumph!Ī story of a man brought to reckon with his buried past. Here is a book aglow with the glory of God and the courage of a quiet Christian spinster whose life was transformed by it. And, once again, Corrie realized that it was for the souls of the brutal Nazi guards that her sister prayed. Corrie Ten Boom stood naked with her older sister Betsie, watching a concentration camp matron beating a prisoner.'Oh, the poor woman,' Corrie cried.'Yes.

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