The Hiding Place - Corrie Ten Boom

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  • Corrie's mother falls into coma

    Corrie's mother suddenly got very ill and falls into a coma for 2 months. One day she unexpectedly wakes up but is not able to walk or talk.

  • Nollie's Wedding

    Corrie's sister Nollie gets married to a man called Flip van Woerden. At Nollie's wedding Mama was able to sing the last verse of her favorite song. However, she never spoke a word again.

  • Mother's Death

    Corrie's mother dies with a "smile on her face" four weeks after Nollie's wedding.
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    Ten Boom's foster Jewish children

    The Ten Boom family became a foster family and helped Jewish children

  • Watch shop's 100th birthday

    The opening scene of the book is the 100-year anniversary of the watch shop Father owns.

  • Radio Broadcast/ The Invasion

    Otto was fired because of abusing Christoffels. The same night the prime minister addressed to Holland that Holland would be neutral like the previous war. Father was not convinced and certain there would be a German attack. Later that night they heard the sound of German bombs being dropped on an airport nearby.

  • Christoffel's Abuse

    Otto, A young German employee and apprentice of Father at the Beje (watch shop), gets accused for abusing an another employee Christoffels. It turned out Otto was a member of the Hitler Youth.

  • Nollie is arrested/ Kik dies

    Nollie was discovered hiding Jews and arrested in 1943. Corrie, after begging numerous officials, found a doctor who helped release Nollie. Willem's son Kik, a faithful member of the underground resistance, was arrested for his work.

  • Gestapo Raid

    The Beje was raided by the Gestapo, and Corrie, Betsi, Willem, Nollie and many more were arrested.

  • Betsie's Death

    Betsie dies in the concentration camp hospital

  • Corrie is freed from the camp

    Corrie is set free do to a miracle. A mistake in the system caused Corrie to seem not guilty for all she has done.

  • Schapendunien

    The therapy garden was established, which the Netherlands called Schapendunien

  • Gevangene en toch... herrinneringen uit Scheveningen, Vught, en Ravensbruck

    Corrie's first book about God's love. From now on she spent a signifikant amount of her time writing.

  • Corrie returns to the Beje

    Corrie returned to the Beje were she recovered for a while

  • A Prisoner- And Yet!

    A prisoner- And Yet! was published. It was later translated into English and other languages.