EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800: CORRIE TEN BOOM P/102

In this post I will continue to share the story of a woman named Corrie Ten Boom. She lived from1892 - 1983. At the Ravensbruck concentration camp, Corrie and her sister held worship services after the hard days at work by using a Bible that they had managed to smuggle in. Through the two sisters' teachings and examples of unfailing charity, many of the prisoners there converted to Christianity. 

While Corrie and her sister were at the camp, they began to discuss plans for founding a place of healing after the war. Sadly Betsy died on 16 December 1944. Twelve days later, Corrie was released. Afterwards she was told that her release was because of a clerical error and a week later all the women in her age group were sent to the gas chambers.

After the war. Corrie returned to the Netherlands to set up a rehabilitation centre in Bloemendaal, the Netherlands.She returned to Germany in 1946 and met with and forgave two Germans who had been employed at Ravensbruck. Corrie then went on to travel to world as a public speaker, appearing in more than 60 countries. She wrote many books during that period. Her best selling book is "The Hiding Place."

Corrie migrated to Placentia, California, in 1977. She died in 1983. 

P.S. This is my last post in the series on Evangelical women who were born in the second half of 1800. In my next post I will begin sharing stories on Evangelical women who were born in the first half of 1900.