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The Door She Didn't Have to Open

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In December 1942, Corrie ten Boom's father Casper answered a knock at their door in Haarlem, Netherlands. A frightened Jewish woman stood on the step,...

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Esther 4:16

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The Woman Who Walked Into the Ghetto

In 1942, Irena Sendler was a social worker in Warsaw with a permit to enter the Jewish Ghetto to inspect for typhus. She could have...

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