Corrie ten Boom is best known for the hiding place in the Beje, their uniquely designed clock shop and house. This little hidden room was also called the Angels’ Den. This time of her life was not the first time she had to think about the possibility of dying. When she was seventeen, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Then after six months in bed the doctor realized that she actually had appendicitis! This was good news!
May 9, 1940 brought news that only sounded good on the surface. The Prime Minister announced to the country that they would never go to war. Casper ten Boom, Corrie’s father, know that this would not be true. Sure enough, the Germans bombed Holland that night! Slowly the German took over, controlling many aspects of the Dutch people’s lives; lives that had once been peaceful. Ration cards were given, curfews were set, and Jews were being banned from many aspects of society. The Germans wanted to annihilate the Jews!
The ten Boom family was ready to help the Jews in any way they could. As Jews would arrive on their door step looking for a place of safety, the ten Boom family would take them in. There were so many aspects involved in this underground effort. Corrie had
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Through this, Corrie learned that several of her family members had been released, but then she got this message from her sister: “Betsie ten Boom in cell 314 says to tell her sister God is good.” Corrie still did not know anything about her father till two and a half weeks later, when she got a letter from her sister Nollie. The news was sad. Casper ten Boom had only been in prison for ten days when he went to meet the Lord. Corrie comforted herself by the fact that he had died for something he believed in. She remembered his words: “If it is good enough for God’s chosen people to suffer, then it is good enough for me to suffer with