Loftis, Larry,
The watchmaker's daughter : the true story of World War II heroine Corrie Ten Boom / True story of World War II heroine Corrie Ten Boom Larry Loftis - First edition - x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The inspiring true story of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker whose heroic efforts saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during World War II--at a tremendous cost to herself and her family
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-354) and index
Prologue -- The watchmakers -- Hitler youth -- Persecution -- Razzias -- Diving under -- The angels' den -- The babies -- Terror -- Resistance -- The chief -- The mission -- Six hundred guilders -- Trapped -- Privileged -- Prison -- Lieutenant Rahms -- Bones -- Mrs. Hendriks -- Summary justice -- Ravensbrück -- Murder -- The skeleton -- The list -- Edema -- Déjà vu -- The factory -- Loving the enemy -- Epilogue -- The rest of the story
The ten Booms, who had recently celebrated the one-hundred-year anniversary of their Haarlem watch shop, lived a quiet life. That change in 1940 when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands and Jewish citizens began to disappear. Corrie and her family, devout Christians, joined the Dutch Resistance and built a secret room in their house to hide Jews and refugees. The Gestapo applied unrelenting pressure on Haarlem, continually raiding homes to snatch Jews and Resistance members. When Corrie and her family were ultimately arrested in the winter of 1944, they faced interrogation, beatings, and possible execution. Before long, she and her sister Betsie were sent to the notorious Ravensbr
9780063234581 0063234580
bl2023005001
Ten Boom, Corrie
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Netherlands--Biography
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Biography
Christian biography--Netherlands
Clock and watch makers--Biography
Christian biography
Biographies.
The watchmaker's daughter : the true story of World War II heroine Corrie Ten Boom / True story of World War II heroine Corrie Ten Boom Larry Loftis - First edition - x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The inspiring true story of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker whose heroic efforts saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during World War II--at a tremendous cost to herself and her family
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-354) and index
Prologue -- The watchmakers -- Hitler youth -- Persecution -- Razzias -- Diving under -- The angels' den -- The babies -- Terror -- Resistance -- The chief -- The mission -- Six hundred guilders -- Trapped -- Privileged -- Prison -- Lieutenant Rahms -- Bones -- Mrs. Hendriks -- Summary justice -- Ravensbrück -- Murder -- The skeleton -- The list -- Edema -- Déjà vu -- The factory -- Loving the enemy -- Epilogue -- The rest of the story
The ten Booms, who had recently celebrated the one-hundred-year anniversary of their Haarlem watch shop, lived a quiet life. That change in 1940 when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands and Jewish citizens began to disappear. Corrie and her family, devout Christians, joined the Dutch Resistance and built a secret room in their house to hide Jews and refugees. The Gestapo applied unrelenting pressure on Haarlem, continually raiding homes to snatch Jews and Resistance members. When Corrie and her family were ultimately arrested in the winter of 1944, they faced interrogation, beatings, and possible execution. Before long, she and her sister Betsie were sent to the notorious Ravensbr
9780063234581 0063234580
bl2023005001
Ten Boom, Corrie
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Netherlands--Biography
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Biography
Christian biography--Netherlands
Clock and watch makers--Biography
Christian biography
Biographies.