...Thesis: By examining Jack Overduin’s “Faith and Victory in Dachau”, Corrie Ten Boom’s “The Hiding Place”, and Eli Wiesel’s “Night”, it is clear that both documents present differing perspectives on the theme of providence. While both Jack and Corrie realize that both the good and bad times are in God’s hands, Eli doubts God’s existence in the bad times, and believes the desirable times arise from fate or chance. I. Introduction: (maybe use the Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 10 about providence) II. How Providence is viewed when things go well. (During the favourable times, Jack Overduin and Corrie Ten Boom thank God for His blessings and care over them while Eli believes he is just getting lucky.) A. “Faith and Victory in Dachau” 1. Pg. 193 “Again and again, we compared our lives with what they had been only a few weeks before. It was a miracle of His mercy!” 2. Pg. 154 “ In His eternal wisdom God gave each of us the grace that we needed, The one received the grace to continue to live in Dachau’s torment without succumbing spiritually and morally, and the other received the grace to die.” 3. Pg. 209 “The S.S guards ate with us. What a difference! They had a dry piece of army bread, while we had delicious sandwiches made with homemade bread form our parcels. Usually, we also had cake and cookies and several kinds of fruit. A strange world...
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...Corrie Ten Boom was the main character and the narrator. Corrie was a Dutch woman who went to a Nazi concentration camp for harboring illegal Jews. Corrie was my favorite character because I can see some of myself in her, like how when something is important to her she puts her whole heart into it and how family means everything to her. Betsie Ten Boom is Corrie’s older sister who was a very religious person and was always full of hope. Betsie was sent to prison for the same reason Corrie was. After a long time in prison Betsie dies of an unknown illness. Casper Ten Boom is the father of the Ten Boom family. Casper taught Corrie the art of watch repair, he was also a very religious and nice man. Casper also went to prison because he was harboring illegal Jews. Casper died shortly after going to prison. Mama was the mother of the Ten Boom family. Mama died pretty early in the book, she was terribly ill but then at Nollie’s wedding she made a miraculous recovery, then shortly after had a stroke and...
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...Jew came to the front door of her house asking for shelter. Corrie knew that keeping Jews in their house was a risk of safety, but she let the Jew come in anyway. Corrie, Betsie, their father, and the Jew talked over tea, and Corrie’s family decided to let the Jew stay. Over a period of time, more Jews came and stayed in the house. Some Jews would be sent to houses that were safer, but some still stayed at Corrie’s house. The Jews were given ration cards and fake identity cards by the Resistance, which covered up their real identity and allowed access to food. When hiding Jews became more dangerous, the Resistance workers decided that the Ten Boom’s house needed a hiding place for the Jews. A building designer built the hiding place in Corrie’s room behind the bookshelf....
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...Her and her family saved nearly 800 lives. When Corrie and her family were sold out by another Dutch citizen, on February 28, 1944, and around 35 Jews were caught with the Boom’s. Soldiers searched the house but never found the half-dozen Jews safely hidden in the hiding place. The six Jews that weren't caught stayed in a very small space for almost three days before being rescued by the Dutch underground. Corrie was arrested and taken to the Ravensbruck concentration camp. December 16, 1944 Corrie’s sister Betsie died at the concentration camp, and shortly after Corrie was released. She went out of her way to save Jewish lives, she didn’t think of herself or what would happen to her if she was caught. “A hero is someone who thinks of others before themselves.”That’s what I think the definition of a hero is, and Corrie Ten Boom is all of that and above. If she was alive today I don’t think that she would be considered to be a hero. Why I don’t think that she would be considered a hero today is because if someone hid someone in a secret room then nothing would happen it’s as if you are playing hiding seek. But if there was another war or if a specific group was being disincluded and it was dangerous then if you hid someone from the opposing side then...
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...example that she mentions in her book “The Hidden Place” was about the time she needed ration-cards for the refuges. Ration cards were given by the government to allow holders to obtain food during war times. The servant was a member of the church and also worked at the local ration card shop. Corrie asked if he could help her obtain extra ration cards. He said sure and was willing to help. He asked Corrie how many she needed she said her mouth wanted to say five but unexpectedly she said one hundred. On February 28, 1944 the entire Boom Family were arrested because of a tip from a Dutch informant. Immediately after the arrests the family was send to Scheveningen prison. The rest of the Ten Boom family were released. Corrie and her sister Betsie didn’t have the same luck, they were sent to two different concentration camps. First, they were sent to Vught Political Concentration Camp in the Netherlands and later to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp which was located in Germany. Due to a clerical error Corrie was released on New Year’s Eve 1994 just only one week before all the women prisoners her age would get killed. After World War 2 ended Corrie decided to return to the Netherlands because she wanted to help build rehabilitations centers for the displaced people and survivors of the war. Cornelia Ten Boom dedicated her life to reconciliation and forgiveness. Corrie believed that forgiveness was not only a matter of Cristian faith, but also practical. She also believed that in order...
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...Casper. She explains that he would read the Bible and pray with Corrie and her family twice a day. Corrie's father also loved and respected the Jewish. Along with her father, the author mentions Betsie, her sister. Betsie took care of their home in Haarlem, Holland. In 1940, the Nazis invaded Holland, and World War II began. Due to the Ten Boom's strong Christian beliefs, they felt obligated to help their Jewish friends in every way possible. Their home soon became the center for a major anti-Nazi operation. In order to help her friends, Corrie had to do some sinful things like lie and bribe. Corrie sacrificed her own safety.nd part of her bedroom that became a secret room that was a hiding place for the Jews to have constant safety. The author later tells us that her entire family gets arrested by the Nazis, but the hidden Jews remained safe. Corrie and Betsie were sent to various concentration camps where the conditions were cruel. In every camp, the sisters used a hidden Bible to spread the word of God. Corrie was amazed by Betsie's faith through the ungodly conditions. Corrie found it hard to look to Heaven, but Betsie showed a universal love for everyone including the Nazis. Betsie yearned to show them the love of Christ, but died before the war was over. Before Betsie died, she revealed three visions to Corrie. After Corrie was released from the concentration camp due to a clerical error, she spends the rest of her life fulfilling...
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...In the book The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom, the reader hears of the events that unfolded during the holocaust from the perspective of a catholic. Corrie Ten Boom takes the reader through the journey of someone who may not have fallen victim to the Germans, but definitely didn't agree with what they were doing. The Ten Boom family made the decision that they would help to hide the Jews despite this being against the law. In this case it is ok to lie in order to keep the Jews safe because they are lying for the greater good. When making a decision one must weigh the pros and cons and when it comes to Corrie's decision the good most definitely outweighed the bad. Corrie continues to lie in order to save the Jews because they are still people, God wouldn't have wanted his people being treated like this, and the only person that should be feared is God. To start, the Jews were being treated poorly by the Germans and this was something that Corrie and her family did not agree with. In the new government system people were being taught that the Jews were not people. Therefore, they did not need to be treated as such. The Ten Boom's did not agree with this logic, in their heads the Jews were still people and hurting them was a sin. Despite it being against the law the Ten Boom's decided that keeping the Jews safe was the right thing to do. The Ten Booms were a very religious family and they believed that lying was a sin, but lying to save a person's life was the exception. When...
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