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    of Corrie ten Boom in THE HIDING PLACE. Through the lens of her Christian upbringing, ten Boom articulately recounts her life’s journey from a small child living in a bustling Dutch city to a vapid, malnourished prisoner of the German Nazis. Through her life’s struggle, she hopes to inspire others and teach a new generation about the value of life and the innate capacity that all possess—to fully love one another. THE HIDING PLACE recounts Corrie ten Boom’s intriguing life story. Casper ten Boom

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    “Report Title” The Life and Ministry of Corrie Ten Boom The topic I chose for this project is that I believe others should read this novel (The Hiding Place) Before reading this book I knew who Corrie Ten Boom was and what she did, but after reading this book my eyes were really opened to the magnitude of what she really did. It wasn't just a story anymore, it became a reality. After

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    place during the Holocaust in the 1940’s in the town of Haarlem in Netherlands. It’s about a girl who is raised by her father named Casper Ten Boom who runs a watch repair business which is the family’s way of making money. He lives with his daughters that are unmarried named Corrie and Betsie. The book spans the lifetime of the main character Corrie Ten Boom. Corrie is a joyful middle-aged woman of 45. She dedicates her life to serving others and sharing the Bible. She was a Dutch woman who went to

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    “The hiding place” by Corrie Ten Boom, begins in 1937. The Ten Boom own a family workshop in Holland. The story begins with them celebrating the 100Th anniversary of the workshop. Then suddenly in the middle of the party Corries brother Willem bursts in with a man who is Jewish. Willem explains how the Jewish man escaped from Munich and was assaulted because he was Jewish. They try to continue the celebration but Corrie is in deep distress after hearing about what has happened to the Jewish man

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    read is Corrie ten Boom with John and Elizabeth Sherrill. “The Hiding Place” is a biography about Corrie Ten Boom’s Life. The main character is Corrie ten boom. The setting of this book is in Haarlem, Holland. In this book the main plot was hiding Jews in the house where Corrie and her family lived in. The main character of this book is Corrie but there is a couple of others. There is Betsie Ten Boom who is Corrie’s sister who stays with her almost the whole book. Then there is Papa Ten Boom who is

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    The Hiding Place is on Corrie ten Boom, her family, and how they assisted the Jews when Germany invaded Holland during World War II. The characters of importance are Corrie, her older sisters Betsie and Nollie, her older brother Willem, and their father, Casper ten Boom, frequently referred to as Opa by his family and friends. The story begins in January of 1937, in Haarlem, Holland. Germany invades during the beginning of World War II, the German soldiers and Adolf Hitler 's goal was the extermination

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    “The hiding Place” is about two middle age sister's name Corrie and Betsie ten Boom who works for their fathers watch shop in Haarlem, Netherlands. The ten Boom family is a committed Christian whose engaged in daily Bible. She and her family risk their lives to help underground employees and Jews escape the cruel ways of the Nazis and from that they were sent to concentration camps. within the end only corrie ten Boom among her family survived to inform this story of her life and the way faith eventually

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    not my ability, but my response 1to God’s ability that counts.” Corrie ten Boom helped Jews escape the Holocaust during World War Two. Her family was devoted to serving God and standing for what’s right no matter the cost. They saved about 800 lives, but it wasn’t easy. Her entire family was imprisoned! Through the good and the bad times Corrie looked to God for guidance, and He always provided for her. Cornelia, also known as Corrie, was born on April 15th 1892, and is most famous for hiding Jews

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    witness and a testimony of Corrie Ten Boom’s memoir, The Hiding Place is a heart-wrenching film that demonstrates how one family’s faith, courage and bravery impacted the lives of dozens while facing grave circumstances, and obstacles while they are forcefully imprisoned and sent to live in Nazi concentration camps for attempting to shed a light and resolve an injustice. Throughout this paper, I will be highlighting what I found to be the overarching theme of Corrie Ten Boom’s memoir, following immediately

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    The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom started with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ten Boom Watch shop in Haarlem, Holland. Highly respected for their deep religious faith, the ten Boom family gave help to anyone who might need it. The celebration took place in 1937, under the shadow of World War II as well as the rise of Nazism. The Dutch people, believing that their neutrality would be honored as it had in World War 1, could not have imagined the horrors that would soon befall them.

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