Summary Of The Hiding Place By Corrie Ten Boom

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Economy of the 1930’s Germany
In the book “The Hiding place” by Corrie ten Boom, the story takes place in the rise of the Nazi empire. As we read in the story, Corrie experienced seeing many people and even friends, who were Jews, lose their jobs and even businesses. This topic caught my attention because as we know, taking jobs did not help the financial situation of the nation at that time. The economic situation in the early 1930’s was so horrible that the time period was considered an economic depression due to the Wall Street Crash of 1929. In 1933, Hitler rose in popularity due to his promises of bettering the economy. Through the time period of 1933-1939 Hitler fulfilled his promise to better economy and the unemployment numbers went

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