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THE HIDING PLACE

By Corrie Ten Boom

Corrie 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.

The Setting- Haarlem

The Setting-

Haarlem

The 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.

Haarlem – Town hall

Chapters 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.

Chapter 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.

Chapters 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.

Chapters 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.

Chapters 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.

Chapters 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.

Chapters 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.

Chapters 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.

Objects 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.

Objects 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.

Objects 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.

The Ten Boom’s Home

Corrie’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.