As a part of the christianaudio Reviewer’s Program I would like to recommend this Hovel Audio recording of The Hiding Place. You can purchase this unabridged reading from christianaudio.com.
Set in pre/during/post-World War II, it is an exciting true story of a simple family who used their own home as a hiding place for the Jews during the German occupation of Holland. The Jews, considered enemies of the new German run government, were recognized by the ten Boom family as the “apple of God’s eye”.
In my opinion God Himself, the true hiding place, is the main character. His providential presence is seen in every aspect of this story. God’s love and forgiveness of man and man’s love and forgiveness for man is the theme of this story. That message is illustrated in the lives of Corrie ten Boom (the author) and her sister Betsy, as well as others.
While still in Ravensbrück (a concentration camp), a pit of despair and evil, dying Betsy said to Corrie, “Must tell people what we have learned here. We must tell them that there is no pit so deep that He is not deeper still.” This became Corrie ten Boom’s message in the years after her release from the concentration camp.
How would you live if faced with possible imprisonment or even execution? Would you forgive the informants who caused you to be arrested? How about the guards? This story will challenge you to question the depth of your faith, love, and forgiveness.
