By Corrie Ten Boom - In My Father's House: The Years Before the Hiding Place (Special)

by Corrie ten Boom

'In My Father's House' shares the earlier part of Corrie's life that led up to her best-selling book 'The Hiding Place', offering an intimate look at her family in Haarlem, Holland During her imprisonment in a WWII concentration camp, in the most dire of circumstances, Corrie made a wonderful Jesus is the only answer to the problems that disturb the hearts of people and nations. Armed with this knowledge, Corrie set out after her release to share this message of 'Amazing Love' with people around the world

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About the author

Corrie ten Boom and her family were Christians who were active in social work in their home town of Haarlem, the Netherlands. During the Nazi occupation, they chose to act out their faith through peaceful resistance to the Nazis by active participation in the Dutch underground. They were hiding, feeding and transporting Jews and underground members hunted by the Gestapo out of the country. It is estimated they were able to save the lives of 800 Jews, in addition to protecting underground workers.

On Feb. 28, 1944, they were betrayed and Corrie and several relatives were arrested. 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).

The ten Boom family members were separated and transferred to concentration camps. Corrie was allowed to stay with her precious sister, Betsy. Corrie's father (Casper), her sister (Betsy) and one grandchild (Kik) perished. Corrie was released in December of 1944.

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.

Ten Boom has received numerous awards for her writing and speaking. Notably, she was honored by the State of Israel for her work in aid of the Jewish people by being invited to plant a tree in the famous Avenue of the Righteous Gentiles, at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, near Jerusalem. She was also knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands in recognition of her work during the war, and a museum in the Dutch city of Haarlem is dedicated to her and her family.

Reviews

[Katrina Zartman · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first half was pretty good. The second half seemed like it was written in order to fulfill a publisher's wishes.