Birthday: Corrie ten Boom

Corrie ten Boom

 

Birth: April 15, 1892

Death: April 15, 1983

I’ve posted about her: http://austenitis.blogspot.com/search/label/Corrie%20ten%20Boom

It’s her 120^th birthday!

You know her because – she’s a famous survivor of the Holocaust. She spent quite some time in prison camps, and much of her family died. She was notably a strong Christian. She wrote The Hiding Place.

The Hiding Place

Author: Corrie ten Boom

Genre: Holocaust

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 9.5

Type: Non-fiction

Number of pages: 241

Time period: Holocaust, 1940's, World War II

Main characters: Corrie, Betsy

Exciting events: Oh my. Yes.

My overall opinion: What a book. Everyone needs to read it. Corrie ten Boom was placed in a prison camp, and went through many horrific experiences. This book is an eye-witness account of the Holocaust and what happened in it.
To those of you have no interest in this time-period, I'm sorry. Do read this book. But what I'm sorry about is that I'm reading so many books about it. I find it riveting and very sad.