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: : I found some note thingys but they aint cliff notes. it may be too late for some of yall but when i needed them i looked around and found this. whether it helps ya or not.......i dunno, but here's the notes thingy! : : : : The Ten Boom family were devoted : : Christians who dedicated their lives in : : service to their fellow man. Their home : : was always an "open house" for anyone in need. Through the decades, the Ten Booms : : were very active in social work in Haarlem, and their faith inspired them to serve the : : religious community and society at large. : : During the Second World War, the Ten Boom home became a refuge, a hiding place, for : : fugitives and those hunted by the s. By protecting these people, Casper and his : : daughters, Corrie and Betsie, risked their lives. This non-violent resistance against the : : -oppressors was the Ten Boom's way of living out their Christian faith. This faith led : : them to hide Jews, students who refused to cooperate with the s, and members of the : : Dutch "underground" resistance movement. : : During 1943 and into 1944, there were usually 6-7 people ly living in this home, 4 : : Jews and 2 or 3 members of the Dutch underground. Additional refugees would stay with : : the Ten Booms for a few hours or a few days until another "safe house" could be located : : for them. Corrie became a ringleader within the network of the Haarlem underground. : : Corrie and "the Beje group" would search for courageous Dutch families who would take in : : refugees, and much of Corrie's time was spent caring for these people once they were in : : hiding. Through these activities, the Ten Boom family and their many friends saved the : : lives of an estimated 800 Jews, and protected many Dutch underground workers. : : On February 28, 1944, this family was betrayed, and the Gestapo (the secret : : police) raided their home. The Gestapo set a trap and waited throughout the day, seizing : : everyone who came to the house. By evening, over 20 people had been taken into : : custody! Casper, Corrie, and Betsie were all arrested. Corrie’s brother Willem, sister : : Nollie, and nephew Peter were at the house that day, and were also taken to prison. : : Although the Gestapo systematically searched the house, they could not find what they : : sought most. They suspected Jews were in the house, but the Jews were safely hidden : : behind a false wall in Corrie’s bedroom. In this "hiding place" were two Jewish men, two : : Jewish women, and two members of the Dutch underground. Although the house : : remained under guard, the Resistance was able to liberate the refugees two days later. : : The six people had managed to stay quiet in their small, dark hiding place for all that time, : : even though they had no water and very little food. The four Jews were taken to new "safe : : houses", and three survived the war. One of the underground workers was killed during : : the war years, but the other survived. : : Because underground materials and extra ration cards were found in their home, the Ten : : Boom family was imprisoned. Casper (84 years old) died after only 10 days in : : Scheveningen Prison. When Casper was asked if he knew he could die for helping Jews, he : : replied, "It would be an honor to give my life for God's ancient people". Corrie and Betsie : : spent 10 months in three different prisons, the last being the infamous Ravensbruck : : concentration camp located near Berlin, Germany. Life in the camp was almost : : unbearable, but Corrie and Betsie spent their time sharing Jesus' love with their fellow : : prisoners. Many women became Christians in that terrible place because of Corrie and : : Betsie's witness to them. Betsie (59) died in Ravensbruck, but Corrie survived. Corrie’s : : nephew, Christiaan (24), had been sent to Bergen Belsen for his work in the underground. : : He did not return. Corrie’s brother, Willem (60), was also a ring leader in the Dutch : : underground. While in prison for this "crime", he contracted spinal tuberculosis and died : : shortly after the war. : : Four Ten Booms gave their lives for this family’s commitment, but Corrie came home : : from the death camp. She realized her life was a gift from God, and she needed to share : : what she and Betsy had learned in Ravensbruck. "There is no pit so deep that God’s love is : : not deeper still", and "God will give us the love to be able to forgive our enemies". At age : : 53, Corrie began a world-wide ministry which took her into more than 60 countries in the : : next 32 years! She testified to God’s love and encouraged all she met with the message : : that "Jesus is Victor". : : Corrie received many tributes. Following the war, Corrie was honored by the Queen of : : Holland as a War Hero. In 1968, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem asked Corrie to plant : : a tree in the Garden of Righteousness, in honor of the many Jewish lives her family saved. : : Corrie’s tree stands there today. In the early 1970’s, Corrie’s book THE HIDING PLACE : : became a best seller, and World Wide Pictures released the major motion picture "The : : Hiding Place". Corrie went on to write many other inspiring books. There are five : : evangelical videos about Corrie. : : Corrie was a woman faithful to God. She died on her 91st birthday, April 15, 1983. It is : : interesting that Corrie's ping occurred on her birthday. In the Jewish tradition, it is : : only very blessed people who are allowed the special privilege of dying on their birthday! : : Corrie's story is recounted in her books THE HIDING PLACE and TRAMP FOR THE LORD.

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