Teacher Guide: The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
The ten Booms, a Christian family in Holland, aid Jewish people as part of an underground resistance network during World War II. They are then discovered and imprisoned with those they sought to help. Corrie and her sister Betsie are sent to the infamous women’s concentration camp Ravensbruck. There, amid the atrocities of the camp, they experience the miraculous provision of God. Betsy remains compassionate toward her tormentors. Corrie becomes bitter. Betsy prophesies their freedom, but dies incarcerated. Corrie, however, is released on a technical error one week before her age group is executed. She becomes a renowned evangelist dedicated to preaching the love and forgiveness of God.
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