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To: JewishRighter
Corrie ten Boom was 45 yrs old....a kindly, Christian spinster lady living with her spinster sister and elderly father....

They took in and hid many Jews during the Holocaust...& helped by her brother, his 20 yr old son and other members of the family

..they were discovered...

Father ten Boom (a respected watch maker) died in prison......

..Betsie ten Boom died in the concentration camp she shared with her sister....

...Corrie's nephew died in a different concentration camp.....the dad contracted tuberculosis of the spine and died shortly after the war....

..Corrie barely survived....

..but after the war, took in displaced Jewish Holocaust survivers...

...and continued to spread the Word of repentance and forgiveness.

She made this her life work and died at age 94.

She was counted as one of the Righteous.

There is no pit so deep, that God is not deeper still....Corrie ten Boom

41 posted on 04/15/2012 7:17:12 PM PDT by Guenevere (....God Bless Rick Santorum.....Press on toward the goal, it's not over!)
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To: Guenevere

I am somewhat familiar with her story. But having last read her biography in High School, I thank you for recounting it. It is a great comfort to know that such people exist. Without question a very righteous lady.


44 posted on 04/15/2012 7:30:11 PM PDT by JewishRighter (Anybody but Hussein)
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To: Guenevere

I read Corrie Ten Bloom’s book. It was wonderful.


65 posted on 04/18/2012 3:32:02 PM PDT by DallasSun (Courage~Fear that has said its prayers.)
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