Faith and Victory in Dachau is about the experience of Rev. J. Overduin during the Second World War. He became imprisoned for his stance against the attempt of Nazi Germany to infiltrate the Dutch youth by promoting their evil doctrine through the education system. The story begins in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and as it progresses Rev. Overduin is brought to several prisons, the final one being the concentration camp in Dachau, Germany.
The Nazis tried to invade the Dutch Christian school in Arnhem by planting a teacher, who was secretly a Nazi supporter, inside the school staff. He accused the principal of things he had supposedly said and done against the Nazis, and attempted to take over the job of principal. During this conflict, while …show more content…
He tells about the atrocities that occurred there, the transition from freedom into captivity, and how he ministered within the camp.
From there he was transported to Dachau. During the transport men were treated like animals. They were hardly fed, hygiene was incredibly poor, and people were crammed into tiny spaces within boxcars. Rev. Overduin writes, “It was as if a scene from the bowels of Dante’s Inferno had come to life” (119).
The rest of the book is about the humiliation, starvation, and massacre of the thousands of prisoners within Dachau. Rev. Overduin tells of the extreme hostility from the guards towards the clergymen in the camp, and how the whole camp was set up to eliminate everyone who entered its gates.
In 1943, life became much easier for the prisoners. Eventually, after a lot of negotiating by his friends, the Germans were convinced to release Rev. Overduin. He was imprisoned from 1942 until 1943 – some twenty months.
This story highlights how incredibly gory and awful the war was. Vivid imagery is used to describe how the Nazis exterminated prisoners and how horribly they were treated. But through it all shines the message of faith and salvation. Countless times, prayer and faith in God were the only reasons that Rev. Overduin survived his
The Nazis tried to invade the Dutch Christian school in Arnhem by planting a teacher, who was secretly a Nazi supporter, inside the school staff. He accused the principal of things he had supposedly said and done against the Nazis, and attempted to take over the job of principal. During this conflict, while …show more content…
He tells about the atrocities that occurred there, the transition from freedom into captivity, and how he ministered within the camp.
From there he was transported to Dachau. During the transport men were treated like animals. They were hardly fed, hygiene was incredibly poor, and people were crammed into tiny spaces within boxcars. Rev. Overduin writes, “It was as if a scene from the bowels of Dante’s Inferno had come to life” (119).
The rest of the book is about the humiliation, starvation, and massacre of the thousands of prisoners within Dachau. Rev. Overduin tells of the extreme hostility from the guards towards the clergymen in the camp, and how the whole camp was set up to eliminate everyone who entered its gates.
In 1943, life became much easier for the prisoners. Eventually, after a lot of negotiating by his friends, the Germans were convinced to release Rev. Overduin. He was imprisoned from 1942 until 1943 – some twenty months.
This story highlights how incredibly gory and awful the war was. Vivid imagery is used to describe how the Nazis exterminated prisoners and how horribly they were treated. But through it all shines the message of faith and salvation. Countless times, prayer and faith in God were the only reasons that Rev. Overduin survived his