The Woman Who Walked Into the Storm

In 1943, a young Dutch woman named Corrie ten Boom watched her elderly father, Caspar, open their front door in Haarlem to a terrified Jewish neighbor. The woman clutched her coat and asked if she could hide. Caspar didn't hesitate. But what strikes me is what happened next — Corrie could have left. She was unmarried, capable, and the underground networks could have moved her to safety in Switzerland within a week.…