Corrie ten Boom | SCM Hänssler | 288 pages | €14.99
What would you have done if you had lived during the Second World War and persecuted Jews had asked you for help?
Corrie ten Boom set up a secret hiding place for them in her own room. She built an underground organization and risked her own life for others. For this, she was deported to a concentration camp.
What would you have done if you had witnessed the humiliation, mistreatment, and death of your own sister in a concentration camp? After her liberation, Corrie ten Boom not only founded a rehabilitation center for the victims of the Nazi regime, but also dedicated herself to reconciliation between victims and perpetrators.
What would you have done if, years later, you suddenly found yourself face to face with your former concentration camp guard? Corrie ten Boom, with God's help, extended his hand in forgiveness. And in doing so, she experienced an indescribable liberation and love.
In this book, the Dutch watchmaker Corrie ten Boom tells her story. A story that leaves one in awe of the immense strength that enables a person to so selflessly dedicate their life to others. Not only to those who deserve help, but also to those who inflict unspeakable suffering on others. Corrie ten Boom demonstrated in word and deed what it means to love one's neighbor and one's enemies.
Manuela Mende
Municipality of Braunschweig