Corrie ten Boom and the Father Who Walked Into Darkness
In February 1944, the Gestapo raided the ten Boom home in Haarlem, Holland, arresting the entire family for harboring Jewish refugees. Corrie ten Boom's elderly...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 63:7-9.
In February 1944, the Gestapo raided the ten Boom home in Haarlem, Holland, arresting the entire family for harboring Jewish refugees. Corrie ten Boom's elderly father, Casper, was eighty-four years old. He could have avoided arrest — the officers offered to release him if he promised to stop sheltering Jews. His answer was immediate: "If I go home today, tomorrow I will open my door again to anyone who knocks."…
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