A Clerical Error and the Gate of Life

On December 28, 1944, Corrie ten Boom stood in line at Ravensbrück concentration camp, a place synonymous with death. Her sister Betsie had died in her arms just days earlier. Corrie had every reason to believe she would follow. The camp held over 90,000 women during its operation, and thousands never left alive. Then a guard called her name — not for the gas chamber, but for release.…