Ten Boom Corrie Ten Boom Her Story During 1943 and into 1944 there were usually 56 people illegally living in the Ten Boom home some of whom were Jews and others members of the Dutch underground ID: 814656
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THE HIDING PLACE
By Corrie Ten Boom
Slide2Corrie Ten Boom, Her Story….
During 1943 and into 1944, there were usually 5-6 people illegally living in the Ten Boom home: some of whom were Jews and others members of the Dutch underground.
Additional refugees would stay with the Ten Booms for a few hours or a few days until another 'safe house' could be located for them.
Through these activities, the Ten Boom Family and their many friends and co-workers of 'the
BeJe
group' saved the lives of an estimated 800 Jews and other refugees.
Slide3The Setting- Haarlem
Slide4The Setting-
Haarlem
Slide5The History of Haarlem
Haarlem is the provincial capital of North Holland. Its population is slightly over 150,000.
Haarlem was replaced by Amsterdam as the major financial player in the Netherlands, thereby reducing Haarlem to a cozy quiet community.
In the long run this turned out to be a good thing. Most of Haarlem’s medieval buildings have remained intact. In fact, quite a few of them are regarded as
Rijksmonuments
in the Dutch Heritage register.
World War II saw the city under siege by the Germans who used much of the area as a defensive line.
The war took its toll on Haarlem and it was never the same after the end of it with many industries moving out of the city elsewhere.
Slide6Haarlem – Town hall
Slide7Chapters 1-2: Summary
Chapter 1
Corrie Ten Boom and her family are celebrating the centennial anniversary of their watch shop.
Corrie
is 45, unmarried, and lives with her father and sister.
Townspeople
arrive through the day, bringing flowers and other gifts, to celebrate with the family.
Willem
brings a Jewish friend who has been attacked in the streets
.
Chapter 2
Corrie
remembers when her Aunt
Jans
lived with the family and how she didn't want to go to school on the first day.
Corrie
also remembers traveling to Amsterdam with her father to check the time at the
Naval Observatory.
Corrie
first sees a dead body when she goes to visit a young mother who has lost her baby. This makes her fear for those around her.
Corrie's
father gives her advice and comfort about things like death.
Slide8Chapter 3-4: Summary
Chapter 3
Corrie
falls in love with Willem's friend Karel.
Aunt
Jans
has diabetes and in January, she is given only several weeks to live.
Karel
and Corrie begin to write to each other.
Willem
warns Corrie that Karel's family wants him to marry someone of a higher class.
Corrie
is heartbroken when Karel becomes engaged to someone else
.
Chapter
4
Mrs
. Ten Boom goes into a coma. She emerges in time for Nollie's wedding, but dies soon after.
Betsie
becomes ill and Corrie takes over working in the watch shop. She becomes the first female, licensed watchmaker in Holland.
The
townspeople buy Casper a
large radio.
Technology
changes the way that the watch shop operates.
Casper
hires a young German, Otto, but Otto mistreats other employees and is fired.
Slide9Chapters 5-6: Summary
Chapter 5
Germany
takes over Holland. At first, life doesn't change much.
Everyone
is required to have identification cards and the Germans confiscate radios.
The
Jews in Haarlem are required to wear a star. Some begin to flee the city.
Some
Jews ask the Ten Boom’s to hide their valuables for them.
Corrie
learns that Willem is helping to hide Jews and she, Betsie, and Casper decide that they want to help too
.
Chapter
6
Corrie's
nephew is imprisoned for playing the
Dutch national anthem.
Nollie
hides several Jews for Willem.
Corrie
and the family begin to hide some Jews at the
Beje
.
Pickwick
sends men to construct a hiding place in Corrie's room.
Slide10Chapters 7-8: Summary
Chapter 7
The
Germans raid many of the safe houses and it becomes difficult to find places to hide Jews.
Rolf
, a Dutch policeman, seeks Corrie's help in hiding someone.
Many
of the people who hide at the
Beje
are people who cannot be placed elsewhere.
Corrie
develops a code for telephone conversation
to hide when they are discussing hiding Jews
.
Chapter 8
Nollie
is arrested and she refuses to lie to the Germans about the girl that she hides.
Corrie
and the others live in fear that they will be discovered too.
Otto
visits the
Beje
, trying to get information, but Corrie makes it seem like she is having an affair with a German soldier.
The
chief of police summons Corrie and asks her to have a German spy killed. Corrie refuses.
Slide11Chapters 9-10: Summary
Chapter 9
The
authorities raid the
Beje
.
The
authorities beat Corrie and Betsie, hoping to get information.
Corrie
and the other family members are taken to a facility to be processed for prison
.
Chapter 10
Buses
take the family to The Hague.
The
men and women are separated, they are questioned, and all valuables are taken from the prisoners.
Corrie
becomes ill and is taken to the hospital. A nurse gets her some Gospel books and soap.
Corrie
is placed in solitary confinement because of her illness.
Betsie
and Corrie are able to pass a message to each other while the guards celebrate Hitler's birthday
.
Corrie
receives a letter from Nollie telling her that Casper has died.
Slide12Chapters 11-12: Summary
Chapter 11
Corrie
has her hearing. She shares with Lieutenant
Rehms
her faith.
Lieutenant
Rehms
wants to know more about Corrie's faith.
Lieutenant
Rehms
arranges for Corrie to see Betsie.
He
also brings all of the Ten Boom siblings together for the reading of Casper's will, even though it is very simple
.
Chapter 12
Corrie
and Betsie are taken from The Hague to another prison.
Betsie
vows to minister to the people in the prison.
The
sisters hold nightly prayer meetings.
As
the date nears that Corrie thinks they will be released, they hear bombing.
The
Germans kill all of the male prisoners and put the female prisoners on a train.
Slide13Chapters 13-14: Summary
Chapter 13
The
women arrive in Germany at a camp named
Ravensbruck
.
The
conditions at the camp are poor.
Corrie
and Betsie unload heavy carts as their work at the camp.
The
sisters continue their prayer and Bible reading meetings.
Betsie becomes ill and is taken to the infirmary
.
Chapter 14
Corrie
is able to visit Betsie in the hospital and a few days later, Betsie returns to the barracks.
Betsie
wants to open a rehabilitation home for survivors of the concentration camps.
Betsie
also wants to rehabilitate the guards.
Corrie
fails a physical exam so that she will be allowed to stay with Betsie.
Betsie
becomes ill again and this time she dies.
Slide14Chapters 15-16: Summary
Corrie is released from the camp in late 1944.
She
stays at a hospital in Holland for a short while before making her way to Willem's house.
Pickwick
arranges to get Corrie back to Haarlem.
Mrs
.
Bierens
offers her home as a rehabilitation center, fulfilling Betsie's dream.
Corrie
tries to forgive those in her past who hurt her.
She
also helps turn a concentration camp into a home for the needy in
Germany.
Slide15Objects and Places
The Beje
This is the home of the Ten Booms in Haarlem.
Germany
This represents a place of hopelessness. During their early incarceration, the women fear a transfer to here, assuming that would mean their deaths. Even after the war, this is a place of little opportunity and much destruction.
Holland
In the First World War, this place remained neutral, and many had hoped that the second war would be the same.
Naval Clock
For many years, this represents a reliable constant. However, progress soon makes it obsolete.
Slide16Objects and Places
BartjeljurisstraatOther shops, including another watch shop, line this street, with homes above the shops.
Gorte
Market
This is a central place of trade for Haarlem. Corrie sees a vision of her family leaving town on a cart through here.
The Underground
This is an elaborate network of various workers, seeking to not only help the Jews, but also resist the German occupation. Many members of this help Corrie minister to the Jews. All the members go by the name "Mr. Smit."
Ration Cards
A family cannot afford to take someone in without this. They are hard to fake because the occupying government reissues them every month.
Slide17Objects and Places
The Hiding PlaceSix
people are here when authorities raid the
Beje
, and none are discovered.
Alpina
Sign
To show that it is safe to enter the
Beje
for help, the Ten Boom place this in the kitchen window. If it is not safe, it remains hidden.
Blue Sweater
When Nollie is first imprisoned, she asks Corrie to send her this. Then, during Corrie's solitary confinement, Nollie sends this to Corrie.
Bible
Nollie smuggles this to Corrie when they meet in
Rehms
' office. It brings hope to Corrie and Betsie, and they go to much trouble to keep it during their entire
imprisonment.
Slide18The Ten Boom’s Home
Slide19Corrie’s Message…
After her release from Ravensbrück Concentration Camp (age 53) Corrie travelled all around the world to tell everyone that "there no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still" and that "God will give us the love to be able to forgive our enemies.
In more than 30 years, Corrie visited over 60 countries to testify to God's love an to encourage people with the message that "Jesus is Victor
.”
On April 15
th
, 1983, on her 91
st
birthday, this remarkable woman died in Orange, California.
Her legacy lives on, more than 30 years after her death.