![]() ![]() Readers will be inspired by her story, celebrate her legacy, and learn that God can use His women to do mighty things.if they have courage. By God’s grace, Corrie would survive to become a “tramp for the Lord,” sharing in more than sixty nations the thrilling message that nothing, not even death, can separate us from God’s love. Discovered by the Nazis, the ten Booms were sent to notorious concentration camps. ![]() What made Corrie ten Boom’s courageous life so beautiful? Corrie and her family, moved by the plight of the Jews during World War II, built a secret room-a hiding place-into their home in Haarlem, Holland. In February 1944 the Gestapo arrested 51-year-old Corrie and her entire family. She was probably the least pious member of her family, yet she also helped hide Jews and young Dutch boys in her family’s ‘Hiding Place’. What set them apart? Their willingness to live courageously for Christ, even in impossible situations. FRUMPY MIDDLE-AGED WATCHMAKER TO ARCH ENEMY OF THE NAZISCorrie ten Boom defied Nazis as a member of the Dutch Resistance. This series of easy-read biographies celebrates the lives of women who lived committed to changing the world for better. Acknowledged authors SAM, Wellman wrote Corrie Ten Boom: Heroine of Harlem (Heroes of the Faith) comprising 208 pages back in 1995. ![]() Corrie Ten Boom heroine of Haarlem by Sam Wellman. They have a faith that can move mountains. Corrie Ten Boom by Sam Wellman, 1995, Barbour edition, in English. ![]()
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