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Prisoner and Yet:

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Raw and real, this direct translation from the original Dutch is the work which served as the foundation for the later book and subsequent movie "The Hiding Place." It is excellent primary source material for students of World War II and essential reading for serious students of the Holocaust. Confessing Christians and nonbelievers alike will be humbled as they view the horrors of Ravensbruck through Corrie's witness. Her testimony to the power of the love of Christ will touch even the most callous hearts.

I had read this book years ago and was amazed at this womans tremendous amount of faith in such a harsh environment of a WWII prison camp (yes it wasn't all jewish people). What a courageous story and in every step you see her remarkable faith and it inspires you. Every part of this story is amazing. I lent my first copy out and could not find it so I purchased this one because my daughter is in 10th grade and they are studing the holocaust. I thought is was important to see what everyone went through how everyone in camp was treated the same and how it just wasn't just jewish people that were in these camps. My daughter loved this book and thoroughly enjoyed its similarities and diffenences between her other reading materials. What a tragic thing for all of humanity but read this and see how God works in even these harsh times when we think he is not there. An awesome read.

Another inspiring book from Corrie Ten Boom covering her years in camps during WWII. Worth the money.

Are the days of miracles past? The materialist says they never existed, and many professing Christians have their doubts, since they have never put God to the test. The author of this volume has no doubts. She has taken very literally the Divine injunction, "Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me". To fufill the last part of this promise this book has been written, in order that God may be glorified for the great things He did in response to the faith of this woman. There have been many books written about the war, and multitudes read with with loathing and horror the terrors of the concentration camps. Miss ten Boom endured many of these, but in the midst of the troubles that beset her and others on every hand the power of God was made manifest, and the peace that passes understanding became an ever-present reality. God did not deliver her from trial and tribulations that are the lot of every Christian in a world of sin, but He kept her and preserved her in the midst of terrifying experiences that most of us have been mercifully spared from enduring.

The book is another footnote to the Acts of the Apostles. Miracles were the normal experience of these dark days in the concentration camp, when cold, hunger and indignities of all kinds were heaped on these unfortunate prisoners. This book will stir every reader to the depths of his being and help him realize afresh that with God all things are possible.
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I thought this book was very good on explaining the every day life. This was a christian publication which I did not realize when I purchased therefore it really foucused on god and worship. It was good but I enjoyed her book 'The Hidding Place' ten times better.