The Hiding Place by John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill, Corrie ten Boom
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Book Reviews of The Hiding Place
Book Review: NOT ENOUGH STARS
Summary: 5 Stars
Even putting this book on a rating system seems an injustice. This is a side of the Holocaust you may not have read before, the inexhaustible faith of two women who offered up all that they had to give (including life) in order to save God's chosen "ancient people" as she calls them. She had a reverence and respect for Jews from whom Christ came that endeared me to her instantly. I truly believe that every last person on the face of the earth should read this book. But know that just as someone can hold out a gift for you but you must reach out and receive it for it to be yours - so to is the truth and light and hope and strength this book offers. If this story does not move your very soul, you still have some growing to do. Leave it alone and come back to it in a few years.
It might help to know: With a hundred things on my daily to do list, and this book being over 250 pages long, I still read it in two days. I could not put it down. I was reading every time I had two minutes put together throughout the day.
Book Review: Moving, faith strengthening account!
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom has to be one of the most moving, faith strengthening, profound books I have ever read!!! Corrie and the Ten Boom family decide to take a stand and hide and help their Jewish friends and neighbors in Nazi occupied Holland. The Ten Boom's build a hiding place within their home and assist in helping hundreds of others in finding safe shelter from the Nazi's, all the while putting them in constant peril. The true story that ensues describes horrors beyond belief. Even when faced with extreme adversity, the Ten Boom's push on insisting on relying upon their incredible faith in their savior, Jesus Christ. The Ten Boom's lived a life of faith that we all wish we had the guts to live! This book was incredible and life changing! Christian or not, this is a book that teaches us beyond just our faith that whatever we face, we must love one another regardless of the person or situation you are faced with, including the people who in the Ten Boom's case, where actually persecuting them!Book Review: The Hiding Place
Summary: 5 Stars
Let me start out by saying that this is a very powerful book. There is such an awesome message of hope, courage, and faith. If you love God, family, and believe that God can do powerful things then this is the book for you. Corrie Ten Boom is living with her family during the time when Nazi soldiers are taking Jews to concretion camps. Her family wants to help the Jews and keep them safe, by hiding them in their home. Corrie is working for a secret organization that helps protect the Jewish people. She and her family soon find that they are in the same situation as the Jews. Corrie stays strong in her faith and good things start to happen in the concretion camp that she and her family are put into. Like eventually she and her sister are finally put together, and other members of her family are let free. I strongly recommend this book for anyone sixth grade and up. The Hiding Place By: Corrie Ten Book is a very well written book and has two thumbs up.Book Review: Amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
Corrie Ten Boom is a true heroine of the first order. Raised a middleclass Dutch Christian she helps Jews escape the depredations of the occupying army, and discovers and deepens her faith at the same time. How Corrie and her sister helped others was touching. How she manages to keep her faith and for it to deepen was a miracle.
I do think she may have over emphasized the importance of telling the truth to the 'enemy' in regards with her sister Nallie, who refuses to lie and thus other are arrested or brought to the attention of the Germans. To me that seems a selfish and prideful act. I believe what Dietrich Boenhoeffer states that under certain circumstances such as war, lying is a moral obligation to help people survive, and lying to the enemy is a duty.
Overall this was a gripping read/listen. I was moved to tears on several occasions.
Book Review: By far, the best book I read in 2008
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a voracious reader, and I have to admit that because I move so quickly from one book to the next, I often forget about the books I read last month of last year. Not so with The Hiding Place.
Though I knew the basics of Corrie Ten Boom's story, I had never taken the time to read The Hiding Place until last fall. Honestly, I think this book was life-changing. It was encouraging, inspiring, and challenging to see the incredible faith and bravery of Corrie and her family. To see what they went through -- all because they chose to do what was right and good -- reminded me that the things we think of as "important" are often not so important at all. And the "rough times" we think we're going through are nothing, compared to the sacrifices many have made.
If you haven't read this book -- please, get a copy! You'll be glad you did.