The Hand Extended in Munich
In 1947, Corrie ten Boom stood in a church basement in Munich, having just spoken about God's forgiveness to a crowd of defeated Germans. A...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Genesis 45:3-11, 15.
In 1947, Corrie ten Boom stood in a church basement in Munich, having just spoken about God's forgiveness to a crowd of defeated Germans. A man approached her with his hand outstretched. She recognized him instantly — the former S. S. guard from Ravensbrück, the concentration camp where her sister Betsie had died. He had stood at the shower room door, sneering at the humiliation of naked prisoners.…
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