Corrie Ten Boom's Hideout According to Corrie and Betsie Ten Boom, life was a faith-building experience. Those two women had to face one of the most difficult experiences of their lives. Every day, Corrie and Betsie had to persuade each other that everything would be okay once they were free from hell, or the concentration camp in which they had been locked up. Yet, Corrie and Betsie somehow managed to stay Remember that God was with them. Corrie Ten Boom's extraordinary novel, “The Hiding Place,” is the extraordinary adventure of a courageous Christian woman who was sent to a concentration camp, along with her sister, for helping the Jews. Both girls depended heavily on the power and words of Christ to guide them through difficult times. They were not praying for themselves, but instead prayed for the souls and actions of the brutal Nazi guards. The year was 1937. It would be a beautiful day for the centennial of the Ten Boom watch shop. Both Corrie and Betsie worked there, together with Hans - the apprentice, Toos - the little woman with the sour, short-tempered face, Christolfels, a little repairman with a big heart and who could forget his father. Corrie describes her father as the most loved man in all of Haarlem, Holland. Everyone who worked in the watch shop was treated very well. Life was simple. There were no cars or televisions. Everyone in Haarlem lived their lives day by day and didn't worry too much about the future...