The Hiding Place (Audiobook)

from karen.collins

This is my second favorite of all time. Thank you to my old carpooler, Victoria for sharing! Such an amazing story of survival, grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love. This story will stay with me for life and has changed me in many wonderful ways. I try to always look at the positive side to everyt...

from marshapetry

Corrie's telling of her pre-WWII and WWII life is excellent. Completely engrossing narrative, and so different than other war stories I've read (mostly from a soldier's view or from a prisoner's view). Corrie provides a glimpse into what small-ish town Dutch life was like for a typical family, an...

from lilibrarian

Corrie Ten Boom tells of her family's experiences during the German occupation of Holland during WWII. Captured as the organizer of an underground ring that supplied ration cards and rescued Jews, she was imprisoned, and then sent to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp with one of her sisters.

from maybedog

What makes this particular book different from other (better) stories about the Holocaust is that it's from the perspective of a Christian woman who was interned. While it's extremely important for us not to forget that one group of people was specifically targeted (Jews) it's also important for ...

from LisaMaria_C

This is the story of Corrie ten Boom, a self-described "spinster" watchmaker who lived with her father and sister and was pushing fifty when she became part of the Dutch Resistance helping to hide Jews from the Nazis. Eventually betrayed, she wound up in a Gestapo prison for a few months, then do...