The Hiding Place
by John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill, Corrie ten Boom
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Author: Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John SherrillEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Deluxe Edition
Published: 2006-01-01
ISBN: 0800794052
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Chosen Books
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Book Review: The family could not afford a radio, but managed to foster children in need
Summary: 5 Stars
The 268 posted book reviews, reflect the Corrie ten Boom's life story. Readers of THE HIDING PLACE express appreciation for a courageous family who risked their very lives hiding Jews and others in need during the Nazi occupation. It is heartening to know that despite the German propaganda and the rampant anti-Semitism in Europe, there were people who were willing to help the persecuted.
The memoir "In My Hands" illustrates Irene Gut Opdyke's compassion and integrity. She was a Christian who had risked her life, multiple times, to rescue Jews. There were some individuals in Holland, Germany, Poland and other countries who had risked their life to save Jewish lives. In my autobiography From A Name to A Number, I describe how a German woman had given me a sandwich every day, for thirty days. If caught she would have been executed; she risked her life for a sixteen year old Jewish boy, not once but thirty times. Her noble act led me to believe that there is no justification to hate each and every German for murdering hundreds of close and distant relatives of mine, as well as millions of others. It would be unjust to slap a noxious label on the entire German nation. Not all Germans had a common moral depravity embedded in their culture. The sharp contrast between the conduct of a nefarious guard who knocked out my teeth, several weeks earlier, and the righteous woman who gave me the sandwiches, both German nationals, is a compelling affirmation that righteous people may be found among the wicked ones. That German lady was the antidote of the venal and incurably violent side of Nazi Germany. She tickled my imagination, my dream of a caring world. She prevents me from stereotyping thinking. The Bible tells us in Genesis 18.23, "Will you sweep away the righteous and the wicked, the innocent and the guilty?" If there is one righteous person in a village where everybody else is wicked, the entire village must not be destroyed!
Corrie asked a pastor to hide a Jewish baby. The pastor's response was "No, definitely not. We could lose our lives for that Jewish child!" Then, Corrie's father, Casper, took that baby into his arms and said to the pastor;" You say we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family (p.113)." When Corrie's father , and all the others, were arrested, the Gestapo chief said to the, 82 years old father I would like to send you home, old fellow, I shall take your word that you won't cause any more trouble." The father's response was (p.146): "If I go home I will open the door again to any man in need who knocks." In 1937, when German Jews sought refuge in Holland, Willem provided shelter for them. In some cases, Willem and his family had given up their own living quarters and were sleeping in a corridor." Compassion and tolerance manifested by Corrie's older brother was a guiding rod for Corrie and her siblings. The family could not afford a radio, a novelty in those days, but managed to foster children in need at ten Boom's home."True heroism is not dramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." (Arthur Ashe). Corrie ten Boom's family falls in that category" That anonymous lady from Germany that put away sandwiches for me is my heroine till my last day. So are Corrie ten Boom and members of her family. They saved many lives by hiding them and ask others to hide victim of the Nazi occupiers.
The gripping stories narrated in THE HIDING PLACE wil inspire every reader,
young and old. Skeptics or ignoramuses about the Holocaust should read this book.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who
told the UN Assembly that the "Holocaust is a myth" will be enlightened by reading
THE HIDING PLACE.
The papers or TV do not bring good news. Violence, corruption, prejudice are on the top of the news. I am saddened and frustrated and feel like reading something uplifting. I had been inspired reading The Hiding Place twenty years ago. The book came to my mind now when I am eager to find a source of light in the darkness. While reading it, for the second time, I gained a respite from exposure to the disparaging current events. Being riveted to THE HIDING PLACE, I am hiding ephemerally from the ominous world. In today's modern culture selfishness prevails, youth show no respect for the elderly. The ten Boom family's moral conduct is the antidote to the corrupted people in today's society.
Summary of The Hiding Place
A life-changing best seller. In this 35th anniversary edition, Corrie ten Boom recounts her horrific experiences in Hitler's concentration camps. Follow her journey of survival and reliance on God's love to overcome, heal, and restore.Christian Living Books
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