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The Hiding Place - cover

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill

Publisher: Chosen Books

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Summary

The True Story of a Real-Life Hero for a New Generation of Readers 
 
It's World War II. Darkness has fallen over Europe as the Nazis spread hatred, fear and war across the globe. But on a quiet city corner in the Netherlands, one woman fights against the darkness.  
 
In her quiet watchmaking shop, she and her family risk their lives to hide Jews, and others hunted by the Nazis, in a secret room, a "hiding place" that they built in the old building. 
 
One day, however, Corrie and her family are betrayed. They're captured and sent to the notorious Nazi concentration camps to die. Yet even in that darkest of places, Corrie still fights. 
 
This is her story--and the story of how faith, hope and love ultimately triumphed over unthinkable evil.
Available since: 01/01/2006.
Print length: 208 pages.

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