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    The setting was January 1937. Nazism was escalating and there were whispers of another ‘Great War’ on the horizon. The Dutch people were holding on to the hope that their neutrality would be honored as it was after the last ‘Great War’. Although, this was not to be the case, this day was a day of celebration and honor. The ten Booms were a well-respected family that lived in the Dutch city of Haarlem, as their fathers had before them. The family operated a small watch shop from the first floor

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    The chaos and destruction that the Nazi’s are causing are not changing the lives of only Jews, but also the lives of citizens in other countries. Between Night by Elie Wiesel and The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, comradeship, faith, strength, and people of visions are crucial to the survival of principle characters. Ironically, in both stories there is a foreseen future, that both seemed to be ignored. Before the Great War begins affecting the Wiesel’s and ten Boom’s lives, both families experience

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    The Hiding Place Essay

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    The Inspiring Legacy of Corrie ten Boom “We must tell people, Corrie. We must tell them what we learned,” said Betsie. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom, is the biography of a woman in Holland during the Holocaust. The book starts out in 1937, in Haarlem, Holland. Corrie and her family were Christians who hid Jews from persecution by the German soldiers. Corrie was forced to make decisions and take actions all throughout different periods in her life. When her mother fell ill, she learned to

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    Corrie Ten Boom’s book, The Hiding Place, is an inspirational story that explores the issues of needing and wanting freedom, and maintaining strength throughout life’s difficulties. This book illustrates how important freedom is, and how, without it many people are lost or lack hope. Freedom coveys the feeling of strength and worth. Corrie explains this throughout her book. The Hiding Place is the emotional and inspirational true life story of an ideal Christian woman who sacrifices her life to help

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    Bible. So as the biblical writers proclaimed this good news to all, so we, in turn, proclaim it to others. One of the most famous of all passages which is located in John says “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life (New International Version, John. 3.16).”  This is a passage that a Christian might refer you to if you were to ask them what is the gospel. The good news of the gospel is that Jesus lived a life of

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    The name of my book is “The Hiding Place”. The author of the book that I read is Corrie ten Boom with John and Elizabeth Sherrill. “The Hiding Place” is a biography about Corrie Ten Boom’s Life. The main character is Corrie ten boom. The setting of this book is in Haarlem, Holland. In this book the main plot was hiding Jews in the house where Corrie and her family lived in. The main character of this book is Corrie but there is a couple of others. There is Betsie Ten Boom who is Corrie’s sister

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    The biography God’s Smuggler written by John and Elizabeth Sherrill tells the story of one man: Brother Andrew. From point ‘a’ to ‘b’ Andrew’s character changes drastically, first spiritually then eventually permeating into his actions. This adventurous and action packed true story shows that God can reach and use anyone for his work. Before becoming the missionary that we know today, Brother Andrew was spiritually dead. “I put the Bible in my duffle bag, as far down as it would go, and forgot about

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    McCarthyism is the practice of making the accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity (“McCarthyism”). This term has become a byname for the defamation of character or reputation by means of widely publicized indiscriminate allegations, especially on the basis of unsubstantiated charges (Achter). During the Era of McCarthyism, the Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy manipulated and capitalized off the fear of the Red Scare by proclaiming that communist spies were present and

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    The Holocaust of 1933-1945, was the systematic killing of millions of European Jews by the National Socialist German Worker’s Party (Nazis) (Webster, 430). This project showed the treacherous treatment towards all Jews of that era. Though many fought against this horrific genocide, the officials had already determined in their minds to exterminate the Jews. Thus, the Holocaust was a malicious movement that broke up many homes, brought immense despair, and congregated great discrimination. The Holocaust

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