Corrie ten Boom, a hero to a generation of people who grew up after World War II left a legacy of Godliness and wisdom. She and her sister Betsie were victims of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands and she survived to tell her story of faith and dependence on God during horrendous suffering.
Corrie Ten Boon, along with the rest of her family were victim of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during WWII. They were later interred in a Nazi concentration camp for hiding fugitives and others hunted by the Nazis. Corrie was the only one from her family that survived the horrific conditions of the concentration camp and had the courage to share her story in a book she wrote, The Hiding Place.
Corrie was well acquainted with loss. She lost her family, possessions, and years of her life for no other reason other than helping Jews. During the hardships of the concentration camp, she learned to focus on what could be gained spiritually and emotionally by putting everything in the hands of her heavenly Father.
Wow, what courage and perseverance this woman had!
Here is an excerpt from her book that captures this.