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Corrie Ten Boom was a devoted Christian who dedicated her life in service to her fellow man. During the Second World War, the Ten Boom home became a refuge for fugitives and those hunted by the Nazis. This non-violent resistance against the Nazi-oppressors was the Ten Booms' way of living out their Christian faith. This faith led them to hide Jews, students who refused to cooperate with the Nazis, and members of the Dutch "underground" resistance movement.
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 Nazi secret police) raided their home. Corrie spent 10 months in three different prisons, the last being the infamous Ravensbruck concentration camp located near Berlin, Germany. 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 had learned in Ravensbruck. 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".
Honored as a war hero, Corrie's convictions that no man should be persecuted for their faith cost her dearly, yet her heroic spirit is encapsulated in her statement below:
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