BRAVERY OF THE RIGHTEOUS: CORRIE TEN BOOM
"There is no pit so deep that God is not deeper still."
The remarkable Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch woman who lived with her family in the Netherlands during World War II under Nazi occupation. One day a well-dressed woman came to the ten Boom home with a suitcase in hand and told them that she was a Jew, she heard that the ten Booms had previously helped their Jewish neighbors, the Weils, and asked if they could help her too.
It was agreed that she could stay with them although the police headquarters was only half a block away. The ten Booms were Calvinists and devoted readers of the Old Testament, believing that the Jews were the "chosen people" and told the woman, "In this household, God's people are always welcome". The family then became very active in the Dutch underground hiding refugees.
Thus the ten Booms created "The Hiding Place". They opened their home to Jewish refugees and members of the resistance movement, and as a result they were sought after by the Gestapo and its Dutch counterpart. There was a secret room in Corrie's bedroom behind a false wall and would hold 6 people. A ventilation system was installed for the occupants. A buzzer could be heard in the house to warn the refugees to get into the room as quickly as possible
during security sweeps through the neighborhood...read more
