“When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command to love itself.” (Corrie Ten Boom). Corrie Ten Boom was a Christian and was born in Haarlem, Netherlands and she helped lots of people and was a very nice person. During WWII she used her house and to hide Jews from the Gestapo (Corrie Ten Boom). Her family owned a watch store which she used as cover when she held the Jews in her house. Corrie Ten Boom had major obstacles in her life that she eventually conquered with the will of god and his guidance. Correi Ten Boom worked in a watch shop most of her life(Boom, Corrie Ten). One night she woke to find there air force base was being shelled(Boom, Corrie Ten). In the morning they found the Germans took over their city of Haarlem with a way of waging war called Blitzkrieg or “Lightning War”. The germans used this way to quickly take over surrounding countries and make them help the Germans in their war. Most people did not take kind to the Germans while others …show more content…
In the end she helped many people find help in the lord and thought his was to the people in the camp. When the war ended she was the only survivor of her family and moved back into Haarlem. She started a Rehabilitation center for Concentration Camp survivors but the christian in her blood let her help people that followed and helped the Germans and supported the Third Reich Corrie Ten Boom). She also made a world wide ministry that took her to 60 countries and she was even knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands (Corrie Ten Boom). In 1977 she moved to Placentia, California but the next year she suffered a series of strokes that left her paralyzed and unable to speak (Corrie Ten Boom). She died on her 91st birthday which also invoked a new Jewish tradition.
Corrie Ten Boom was a major help in WWII. She made it through so many challenges and help even more get back on their feet after the war
Mara Davis Ms. Bauer English Language Arts Period 3 15 March 2023 Corrie Ten Boom: WWII Hero Without Corrie ten Boom's efforts, hundreds of Jews would have died in ghettos and concentration camps. When the Nazis invaded Holland in 1940 many people would not stand for the cruel and racist ways of the Nazi party. Among these people were the Ten Boom family. Corrie Ten Boom was a WWII hero who helped save hundreds of Jews by hiding them in her house and leading a network of safe houses in Holland.
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After researching Irena Sendler, I found myself shocked that I had never heard her mentioned once before in school. Irena Sendler is known for her efforts in helping to rescue Jewish children in Poland during WWII. It is estimated that she assisted in the smuggling and saving of at least 2,500 children from the Warsaw Ghetto, a prison and place of starvation, overpopulation, disease, death, and threats of being sent to concentration camps (p. 4,9). Thanks to her efforts, 2,500 children didn’t have their life stolen and had a chance at the life they deserved. Irena Sendler and others who were part of the Zegota, a code name for a Polish resistance that was lead by Sendler and aided Jews, needed to be extremely clever in order to help rescue
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