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them. The Family were Christians, and would help anyone no mater what. Early Life Corrie Ten Boom was born on April 15, 1892, in Haarlem, Netherlands. In her family, Corrie was the youngest child. She had one brother, Willem, and two sisters, Betsie and Nollie. Her father was Casper Boom, and was a watchmaker and jeweler. They lived in the Barteljorisstraat house in Haarlem ( Beje house ). Below was their fathers watch shop and above they had their rooms. Their house was "open" to anyone who needed

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom 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. Corrie Ten Boom’s astonishing

book is “The Hiding Place”. The author of the book that I 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

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.

eight hundred Jews, attempting to save them from the Gestapo. The ten Boom’s were very brave and stood up for what they believed in, even if it meant getting caught and taken to concentration camps. Corrie ten Boom was born on April 15, 1892 in Haarlem, Netherlands. She was the youngest of three siblings. Her sisters were Betsie and Nollie and her brother was Willem. The ten Boom’s lived above the storefront shop her father took over as a watchmaker. Above the shop is where they sheltered many Jews

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 of Jews. Forced to wear a yellow star on their shirt to show they were of Jewish decent and risking captivity by the

when Germany invaded Holland in World War II. The main characters are Corrie, her older sisters Betsie and Nollie, her older brother Willem, and their father, Casper ten Boom, commonly referred to as Opa. The book starts out in January of 1937, in Haarlem, Holland.      When Germany invaded Holland during the beginning of World War II, the Jews were the German soldiers and Adolf Hitler’s main targets. Jews were required to wear a yellow star on their shirt, and if they walked around town during

stays true to the evil step-mother script; however, in this version Margarethe does whatever she feels is necessary, with the purpose of providing food and lodge for her daughters, after retreating from their hometown of Cambridgeshire England to Haarlem Holland, in which she murders Clara’s mother: Henrika van den Meer and her unborn child. Maguire puts the spotlight on Margarethe throughout his novel by showing her evil side as well as her survivor side, allowing the reader to decide whether she

It is January 1937, in Haarlem, Holland, Corrie Ten Boom wakes up very excited hoping that it was not foggy outside, but hoping that it would be sunny and have bright weather outside.Corrie was also excited because it was the centennial of the watch shop that her family runs. Throughout the day the shop was being filled with flowers and customers. Corrie speaks about her life as a six year old in 1898 starting school. Corrie was living with her older sister Bestie. Bestie has talked to Corrie about

Inspiring Legacy of Corrie ten Boom “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