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THE HIDING PLACE SUMMARY The Hiding Place a biography about a young girl named Corrie Ten Boom. She was a jew who lived in Holland during the Holocaust. The book tells all of her strugles throught world war II and how she saved many lives. Corrie Ten Boom was born April 15, 1892 in Haarlem, Holland. Corrie had two siblings: Willem, Nolli, and Betsie. Corrie’s mother had died and the two oldest siblings moved out. Betsie, Corrie, and Casper were all that was left in home. Her father, Casper Ten Boom owned a watch making shop and the ten boom three lived in the apartment above the shop. The Ten Booms were very strong christians, which was a very dangerous thing to be in Europe in 1940. During world war II, Hitler, Germany’s ruler, wanted to create a perfect country. Germany attacked Holland, and they surrendured. There were laws made against jews, and the overall goal was to get rid of them. Hitler began to send out police (also known as gestapo) to find jews and put them in prisons or consentration camps. …show more content…

The Ten Booms opened it up as a safe place for jews in hiding. The appartment was very small, but they made many compartments and places to hide in there. Corries brother, Willem is a leader in an underground movement. He helps his sisters and father get the recources and help they need. As time went on, the gestapo grew suspicious of the watch shop and eventually raided the

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