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NETHERLANDS The book, written by husband and wife Geoff and Janet Benge, tells about the heart-rending life of Christian Corrie ten Boom, who contributed to the salvation of Jews and other people during World War II.
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Accredited in 1922 as the first authorized watchmaker in the Netherlands, Corrie became a privileged witness of the relentless persecution suffered by the Jewish community when the country fell into the hands of the troops of Adolf Hitler. According to the Benges, since May 1942, Ten Boom and her family saved about eight hundred Jews from certain death by sheltering them at their home. MISSIONARY MOVEMENT 24 WORLDWIDE America • Europe • Oceanía • África • Asia
he cold metal of the handcuffs chaffed at Corrie’s wrists. Her left arm was handcuffed to her older sister Betsie, and her right arm to her father, and each of them was handcuffed to someone else. Together, the chain of handcuffed people stumbled along the alley towards Smedestraat. The morning snow had melted into gray puddles that lay on the cobblestones. With each footstep, icy water splashed onto Corrie’s legs. The group’s Gestapo escort barked at the prisoners in German, trying to make them move faster, and order impossible to carry out. It was well after curfew, and bot a speck of light lit the street. It was all Corrie could do to keep herself and her father from losing their balance and falling. The book “Corrie Ten Boom: Keeper of the Angels’ Den” is part of the “Christian Heroes: Then & Now” series, and was published in 1999 by husband and wife Geoff and Janet Benge. It tells about the exciting and moving life of Corrie Ten Boom, a recognized believer who contributed to the salvation of Jews and other people during World War II. Born on April 15, 1892 in the Netherlands within a Christian family, Corrie is described by the Benges as an example of courage, faith and forgiveness because of her ability to overcome the pain through the love of the Lord. Of course, after nearly six months in bed, Corrie appreciated every day. She threw herself into many projects, some of which grew to be much bigger than anything she could have imagined. Betsie taught a Bible class, which Corrie began to help with. Before ling, Corrie was teaching
Bible lessons at many of the local schools. Corrie had noticed there wasn´t much for teenage girls to do in Haarlem, so she started what she called “The Walking Club.” At first, just Corrie and a few of the girls from Betsie’s Sunday school class would go for walks on the sand dunes before church on Sunday mornings.