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The Hiding Place (1971) (edit title/settings)

by Corrie ten Boom (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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  • Corrie ten Boom: A kind, loving woman who, although sometimes impatient, has found in God the strength to continue after all seems lost.
  • Betsie ten Boom: Corrie's older sister, in frail health all her life, who ran the family watchmaker's shop with Corrie for years
  • Casper ten Boom: Also know as Opa, he isn't worried about his business as a watch repairman. He is wise and caring, and has even said that it would be an honor to die for the Jews.
  • Willemse: Had to read it several times. Watched the movie at least 10 times.
  • Life of a family who hid Jews.: This is a true story about a women and what her family went through for helping Jews when Hitler was in office. The camps and treatment that they endured and the miracles that they experienced in those camps. I cant believe that a person and people can treat others the way that these people were treated. But even in the rotten straw and the lice and the fleas and the living conditions there were miracles in that. I will blog about this book. A must read. If we are to not repeat history then we are to educate ourselves to the truth of what happened in history.
  • Karel: The one great love of Corrie's life
  • Rolf: A young SS officer Corrie got to know while her hometown was occupied by the Nazis
  • Pickwick: Add a description of this character.
  • Nollie ten Boom: Corrie's older sister -- a rigidly honest woman
  • Mr. Kan
  • Jan Vogel
  • Noffie
  • Mr. Moorman
  • Mrs. Kleermaker
  • Eusie
  • Mr. Well
  • Leendert
  • Nils
  • Katrien
  • Mrs. Bierens De Haan
  • Annaliese
  • Mr. Weil
  • Frau Mikes
  • Thea
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “"There is no pit so deep that He is not deeper still."”
    Betsy ten Boom
  • “"Some knowledge is too heavy...you cannot bear it...your Father will carry it until you are able."”
    Corrie Ten Boom
  • “"Dear Jesus...how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here."”
    Corrie Ten Boom
  • “"This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see."”
    Corrie Ten Boom
  • “"And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him."”
    Corrie Ten Boom
  • “"Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way."”
    Corrie Ten Boom
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  • I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
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  • And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself.
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  • 'Exactly. And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need-just in time.'
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  • There are no 'ifs' in God's world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety-Oh Corrie, let us pray that we may always know it!'
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  • 'this is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for a future that only He can see.'
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  • There are no 'ifs' in God's kingdom. I could hear her soft voice saying it. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don't let me go mad by poking about outside it.
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  • 'God loves Karel-even more than you do-and if you ask Him, He will give you His love for this man, a love nothing can prevent, nothing destroy. Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way, Corrie, God can give us the perfect way.'
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  • 'Dear Jesus, I thank You that we must come with empty hands. I thank You that You have done all-all-on the cross, and that all we need in life or death is to be sure of this.'
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  • 'But if God has shown us bad times ahead, it's enough for me that He knows about them. That's why He sometimes shows us things, you know-to tell us that this too is in His hands.'
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  • 'Do you know when she started praising the Wallers so highly?' Mama went on. 'The day she left them. As long as she was there, she had nothing but complaints. The Wallers couldn't compare with the van Hooks where she'd been before. But at the van Hooks she'd actually been miserable. Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings, Corrie. It's something we make inside ourselves.'
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First Sentence edit see section history

I jumped out of bed that morning with one question in my mind-sun or fog?

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. The One Hundredth Birthday Party
2. Full Table
3. Karel
4. The Watch Shop
5. Invasion
6. The Secret Room
7. Eusie
8. Storm Clouds Gather
9. The Raid
10. Schevingen
11. The Lieutenant
12. Vught
13. Ravensbruck
14. The Blue Sweather
16. The Three Visions

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in Never Again: Atrocities of the 20th Century. (community list)
This book is in True Crime: Narrow Escapes. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Corrie ten Boom (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. John L. Sherrill (Author)
  2. Elizabeth Sherrill (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Chosen Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: November 1971
ISBN: 0-553-25669-6
Page Count: 241

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Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: D811.5 .T427 1971
  • Dewey: 940.53492092

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Great for adults or young adults.

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