Corrie's Decisions In 'The Hiding Place'

The book, The Hiding Place, is a biography on Corrie Ten Boom and her family’s struggles during the Holocaust. The book takes place before World War I through World War II. Corrie and her family lived in the Netherlands in the time of the Holocaust where they owned a build and repair shop for watches. She had two sisters named Betsie and Nollie, and one brother named Willem. Her father did most of the work with the watch shop, and her mother died when she was a little girl. In 1940 when the Nazis started invading the Netherlands, they would often find people praying in their shop because they were scared. The Ten Boom family begins taking in Jews and giving them a place to hide from the invading Nazis. Later on, the family was caught and arrested

The Hiding Place a story written with love and hope to share throughout the world was written by Corrie Ten Boom who was not a Jew. Corrie with the help of Betsie, her sister, and family helped hide Jews during the Holocaust. Corrie felt that she should help God’s people no matter who they were. Though Corrie felt she could never love these people like her sister she tried everything possible. “One thing in the shop I never learned to do as well as Betsie, and that was to care about each person who stepped through the door. Often when a customer entered I would slip out the rear door and up to Betsie in the kitchen. Betsie! Who is the woman with the Alpina lapel- watch on a blue velvet band-stout, around fifty?” (Corrie 54) Even though Corrie could never find a way to care for each person the way Betsie did she still managed to help every person who walk through the door. Soon the German police came to realize what her and her family was doing and arrested Corrie and her family. While in prison at first Corrie had felt God had abandoned them but it was her sister who made her realize that God never left them and his love never left them this was a trial to see how much they loved and truly cared about God. Out in the cold one day they undressed and are naked walking by guards who are laughing and staring at them both Corrie and Betsie so humiliated

“We must tell people, Corrie. We must tell them what we learned,” said Betsie. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom, is the biography of a woman in Holland during the Holocaust. The book starts out in 1937, in Haarlem, Holland. Corrie and her family were Christians who hid Jews from persecution by the German soldiers. Corrie was forced to make decisions and take actions all throughout different periods in her life. When her mother fell ill, she learned to care for someone who couldn’t do anything for her. During the time when the family was hiding the Jews, she was forced to be brave and strong. Finally, when her family was taken to the concentration camps, Corrie, with the help of her sister

According to Corrie & Betsie Ten Boom, life was a faith-building experience. Those two women were faced with one of the toughest experiences of their lives. Each day, Corrie and Betsie had to persuade each other that everything was going to be okay, once they were free from the “hell”, or the concentration camp they were placed in. And, yet, Corrie and Betsie somehow managed to keep in mind that God was with them.

She wasn’t a liar she was a good person it was the first time she made a conscious lie. Religious issues. Corrie needs to realize God can help her get through questions or interrogations without lying. Exodus 20:16 says Thou shalt not bear witness against thy neighbor so by lying to the nazis Corrie was breaking one of the most irrefutable Bible verses in history. Through out the millennia of Earths history God has persecuted and saved the Jews from their oppressors.

In The Crucible they say lying is a sin, but it doesn’t stop them from doing it. The church and the court both state that all liars will be dammed. One of the 10 commandments is “thou shall not lie”, but the court basically asks the people to lie about being a witch or else they will kill them. Also, the 10 commandments state “thou shall not kill”, but the court is hanging people for being a witch. They sentence citizens to death for committing witchcraft. No one ever goes to court and is found innocent. They either face death or have to lie to avoid death. The court and the church are both hypocrites because lying and murdering people are both sins, yet they do both in the name of god.

Corrie Ten Boom from The Hiding Place and Anne Frank From Anne Frank 's Diary were two of the of the many people that were living during the Holocaust period. The Holocaust which took place in the late 1930’s and throughout the 1940’s Adolf Hitler an anti-Jewish man came to power in Germany. During this Germany was in a great depression due to their loss of World War One. Hitler promised restoration and power and he was easily accepted. Once Adolf was in power he began to invade countries around them like Poland and Holland. Hitler began to send Jews away to camps. He then began to rampage around the countries capturing the Jews and sending them to the camps where we later found out how they brutally killed the Jews. Before some of the Jews were captured, they went into hiding. That’s where our two stories came from our first is The Hiding Place and the other is The Annex. Although these are not the only stories about Jews hiding from the Nazis these are some of the most extreme. While comparing Corrie and Anne their personality, experience, and final outcomes we see that there are similarities and difference.

The Hiding Place is the emotional and inspirational true life story of an ideal Christian woman who sacrifices her life to help others. Corrie has grown up in a very religious home, and when embroiled in a difficult and dangerous situation her family risks everything to help others. The book is based in the 1940’s, when Corrie’s home town is invaded by German officers who collect any Jewish civilians and escort them to Concentration Camps. Fear consumed the town, and the Ten Boom family reacts by helping the town’s Jewish families. Quickly, the news of this kind-hearted family spreads and more Jews come seeking help. Eventually the Ten Boom family is caught and sent to the Concentration camps themselves. While imprisoned in solitary confinement Corrie, has to learn to be strong and faithful to God. She dreams and wishes for freedom for not only herself but for the other innocent prisoners surrounding her. Corrie has to be strong for herself and for God. She stays devoted to her beliefs, and even through the hurt and anxiety, she never blames God, she believes it is all part of His plan and that everything happens for a reason.

Corrie should have hidden the helpless, desperate, and terrified Jews for three reasons: Helping the Jews is what God would want, The Nazis where cruel and cold-hearted to the Jews beyond imagination,

Anne Frank was a young girl who lived during the holocaust who lived during Hitler’s reign in Amsterdam. Only one problem: She was Jewish. In July of 1942, Margot Frank was called to report to a concentration camp. The Franks were forced into hiding in an annex behind Mr. Frank’s business. The Franks, along with the Van Pels and Mr. Pfeffer, hid in the annex for about two years. During her time in hiding, Anne confided in a diary. In her diary, she wrote “Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart.” I agree with Anne. In my opinion, everyone is good at heart; they just show it in different ways. People do what they think is right. Even though there is evil in the world, I believe that deep down, everyone is good at heart.

So Corrie would take the ration cards that were hidden and give them to Jews. After a year or so, Corrie and her family ran out of places to send Jews for hiding, so they were forced to keep 7 Jews in their own house.

Corrie wrote books, one of them being The Hidding place. She gladly traveled to remote places to tell about God’s forgivness and God’s love. Corrie had a trustworthy friend named Conny and she helped by being a secretary ; There was a friend who’s name was hellen and she worded as a nurse. When ever Corrie was out of money and neede to do somthing God alwayed provided He Never let them down. Corries obgective was to proclaim the gospel to as many people as possible.

When you start defining what circumstances there is a danger of making it seem okay to lie all the time’’. He opined that lying is not right and it is important to say the truth, but admitted that he would lie to defend his family if they were in danger. He gave a good example about ISIS, a group of terrorists that kill Christians. He said “If ISIS comes to my house and knock on my door and ask if my daughter Lauren was in her room… I would lie and say that she was not”.

Despite the circumstances, Corrie was a visionary. She saw people in need and she drew a line in the sand. There was no suit of armor and no cape, just Corrie, as she seemingly echoed the words of Isaiah, “Here am I. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8, New International Version [NIV]).

Horton begins to tell a story about his mother being held at gun point while at Mc Donald’s. He said that he was not a Christian and his first thoughts were to take revenge. He demanded that his mom tell him who it was that did that to his mother. He said that his mother told him that he needed to trust the system to handle the situation. This was just unexampled of what a Christian women she was. As Christians we should stop being fake. It’s ok to express our feeling, but we should trust that the Lord will take care of the situation. When we are not believers, justice is defined as subjective. Jesus tells us not to retaliate against those that are evil. When justice is performed against us we are not to take things in our hands instead Jesus tells us to turn to him and trust in him. We are to trust in the law and those that have authority over us. We are to pray for those that are in authority over