The Hiding Place

  • Drama
  • History
5/4/1975
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The true story of a family that fought Nazi madness with the only weapon they had. Love.

Corrie and Betsie ten Boom are middle-aged sisters working in their father's watchmaker shop in pre-World War II Holland. Their uneventful lives are disrupted with the coming of the Nazis. Suspected of hiding Jews and caught breaking rationing rules, they are sent to a concentration camp, where their Christian faith keeps them from despair and bitterness.

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  • Geronimo1967

    The Ten Boom family have been running their family clock-making shop in Amsterdam for many a-year until the Nazis arrive and send their lives into a downward spiral. These are principled Christian fellows, but they have great affinity with their Jewish compatriots and so as the oppression endures, they attempt to help smuggle people to safety. This, as youd expect, exposes them to considerable risk and - a bit like Al Capones tax evasion, its a technicality that leads to them being apprehended. They need to feed their charges and so have accumulated a few extra ration books. Thats illegal and so used as an excuse to deport Corrie (Jeannette Clift) and Betsie (Julie Harris) to Ravensbrück. What now ensues has a brutality to it that reminded ...

    June 18, 2025

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