Corrie ten Boom's memoir of her family's hiding of Jews in Nazi-occupied Holland, her imprisonment in Ravensbrück concentration camp, and her post-war ministry of forgiveness.
One of the great WWII survivor memoirs: the story of a Dutch watchmaker's family who hid Jews in their Haarlem home, were betrayed, and were sent to concentration camp. The religious dimension: ten Boom's faith sustained her through Ravensbrück where her sister Betsie died. Her post-war ministry: traveling the world as a speaker on forgiveness — including forgiving a former guard from Ravensbrück. The hiding place as both literal (the secret room) and metaphorical (God as refuge).
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