The Hiding Place by John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill, Corrie ten Boom Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Hiding Place
Book Review: INCREDIBLY MOVING SAGA OF HEROIC DUTCH FAMILY DURING WW II...
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an absolutely extraordinary book. Never have I read a book in which the spiritual beauty of the author so resonated throughout the story. The purity of heart that manifests itself in this inspiring saga of a heroic, Dutch family in Nazi occupied Holland during World War II is stunningly beautiful.
This is the true story of the Ten Boom family who, during the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands, upon seeing what was happening to their Jewish neighbors and friends, asked themselves this age old question "If not us,...who; if not now,...when?" They answered it, ultimately at great cost.
The Ten Booms were devoutly Christian and lived a simple life. The patriarch of the family ran a watch shop that had been in his family for a century. Some of the family members, the author among them, worked there, selling and repairing clocks and watches. They also lived in the house in which the shop was located.
When the Nazis occupied their country, the reality of what it meant slowly dawned upon them, as they saw the treatment given to their fellow Dutch citizens of the Jewish faith. Moved by their plight, the author at the age of fifty, together with other members of her family, including their father who was nearly eighty, became active in the Dutch underground.
When it became clear to the Ten Booms that Jews were being targeted for deportation and death, they had a false wall constructed in the author's bedroom, thereby creating a secret room. There, they would hide the terrified Jews who were staying with them, in the event of a Nazi raid upon their home.
Eventually denounced by someone to the Nazis, the Ten Booms were arrested and their home raided and torn apart by the Gestapo, in their search for the Jews they believed to be hiding there. At the time of the raid, the Ten Boom home was filled to capacity with Jews in hiding. So well concealed was the hidden room that had been created by the erection of the false wall, that these poor, terrified Jews managed to escape detection.
The Ten Boom family did not fare so well. It was upon their arrest that they learned first hand of man's inhumanity to man, and their faith was put to a test that they had never dreamt possible. It was faith, however, that sustained the author in what was to be her darkest hour of deepest despair. To find out what happened to the Ten Booms, read this book. It is the story of an incredible family, who had the courage to put their convictions to the test.
This book is a masterpiece. The reader is sure to be captivated by the goodness and spiritual beauty contained within its pages.
Book Review: Impacting, humbling
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the type of book that you almost hate to read more than a page or two at a time, because it's so thick with wisdom and meaning.
I'm in the middle of it and I dread the day I finish it. It's truly the sweetest testimony I've ever read, because of the simplicity of the faith of the book's
heroes.
When you're done reading this, you'll be changed, humbled, appreciative, aware of what really matters. More importantly, you'll see Jesus in a more beautiful way, if that were possible!
This should be one of the first book any new Christian reads.
Book Review: Inspirational
Summary: 5 Stars
We picked this book to read for book club one month. It is a great book. Corrie and her family's faith is very inspiring especially how strong it was even through extreme hardships. I highly recommend this book. It is very sad, but very uplifting as well.Book Review: Inspirational True Story
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the most amazing true-life world war II stories ever written. Shocking and inspirational at the same time. If you liked The Diary of Anne Frank, you will love this book!Book Review: Inspirational, Horrific, Suspenseful, Humorours true story.
Summary: 5 Stars
The first publication of The Hiding Place introduced me to Corrie ten Boom, who became my heroine. Several years later, I saw and heard her in person at First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nuggets from this story continue teaching me to this day. Recently, I bought five copies to share with friends. Not counting the Bible, The Hiding Place probably made more impact on my life than any other book.
Mary Connelly
Austin,TX