Betsie ten Boom

The Hiding Place written by Corrie Ten Boom in 1971, tells the life story of a young girl and her family living through the Holocaust. The book goes through the life of Corrie as she tells about the experiences she had during Nazi occupied Holland and about hiding the Jews that had escaped. Sadly, she is caught and sent to a concentration camp for her actions. Corrie lived through the Holocaust and believes that it is her responsibility to tell her story as well as keep her sister, Betsie’s, dreams alive. Hitler had become the dictator of Germany and began to build the Nazi Army. This is what stated WWII and the Holocaust. However, without knowledge of the Holocaust it is hard to understand exactly what Corrie went through. The Holocaust was the genocide of WWII. Over six million Jews were killed in over nineteen European Nations (Andersen). Adolf Hitler was a terrible dictator who viewed the Jewish community as dirty and not as equal as everyone else. Hitler began to persecute the Jews community soon after the Nazi rise to power on January 30, 1933. In the beginning of April 1933 Hitler enforced “Anti-Jewish” laws and made sure that the Nazi army enforced these laws. The Nazi army was extremely ruthless…

The Hiding Place Test Matching (1-10) F Where did Corrie go when leaving her prison cell, at Scheveningen, the first time? C Where did Corrie go when leaving her prison cell the second time (3 months aftering being in prison)? A After leaving Scheveningen, where were Betsie and Corrie transported to? J What character earned the nickname Eusie by the ten Boom sisters? I What was the name of the lady who sat next to Corrie in the factory (the lady had a baby in the…

Cornelia ten Boom. The story, “The Hiding Place,” takes place in World War II. The two main characters, Betsie and Corrie ten Boom, face many horrific ordeals throughout the story. The question of God’s allowing such situations comes to the forefront of many readers’ minds, the purpose God had in store for them contains a rollercoaster of emotions and faith struggles with it. One of the many questions going through the readers’ minds is ‘why had God allow Betsie and Corrie to get arrested.’…

Carey Wilson a woman known for taking care of her family. Making sure the homeless had a place to lay their heads. Also a church lady who never missed a day. On September 11th she did not know that things would turn for the worst. In the middle of chaos of smoke, water, debris and hundreds of evacuees who clogged a stairwell, Carey ran into Port Authority coworker Te’Vontae around the 23rd floor. "We clung to each other, grabbed each other's belt buckles and made sure we both got all the way…

Corrie Ten Boom. Corrie was born April 15, 1892. She was the youngest child of two sisters Nollie and Betsie and one brother Willem. She had to train to be a watchmaker in Holland and was the first woman to do this also. Her father, Casper Ten Boom, was born in 1859. He then met the love of his life in sunday school, Cornelia JoHanna Arnolda Luintiga. They end up getting married in 1884. This book has 239 pages. This book is about this family who is living through the invasion of Holland by the…

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