The Hiding Place (1975) - full transcript

Corrie and Betsie ten Boom are middle-aged sisters working in their father's watchmaker shop in pre-WWII Holland. Their uneventful lives are disrupted with the coming of the Nazis. Suspected of hiding Jews & caught breaking rationing rules, they are sent to a concentration camp, where their Christian faith keeps them from despair and bitterness. Betsie eventually dies, but Corrie survives, and after the war, must learn to love and forgive her former captors.

By Wireless from the BBC

Her Majesty
The Queen of the Netherlands

Fellow Hollanders

The Lights have gone out
of a free Holland

Where only 2 weeks ago there
was a free Nation of Men and Women

both up in the cherished tradition
of Christian Civilization

There is now stillness of death

Oppressed, Threatened

Watched on every side

by the power that would tear out
all hope from the soul of man

The unhappy people of Holland
can only Pray in silence



For those who have lost
their voice

but not their Hope
or their Vision

in the struggle against the
onslought of barbarism

Long Live..The Netherlands

Oh
Coffee

In the parlour

Attention! Attention!

By the order of the
Reich Commissioner

all citizens are ordered to
surrender their radios

and all other wireless
equipments

Attention! Attention!

By the order of the
Reich Commissioner

all citizens are ordered to
surrender their radios

and all other wireless equipments



Good Morning MrTen Boom

I appologize for the intrusion

They are collecting all radios
I can see that

And Dutch Police men
assisting them

We do what we must

The radio is?
Upstairs in the Parlour

Get it

You have many beautiful
clocks here

B?varo?

The cabinet looks like
Sir Berringer's works

Yeah, 1886

You know watches..clocks?

My Father is a watch maker

I grew up in Reuverswinch

You look what you have grown into

What District?
Mattenbraw

Mattenbraw

Mattenbraw 1895

Magnificient
But you should have seen that watch

When it was taken in

The way some people treat a watch
No care...No

understanding

It was a gift on my 70th Birthday

To Grandpa Ten Boom
From the Children of Haarlem

26th of March 1935

Give him the horn

Any other radios in the house?
No, No

Good day then

I don't want anything too expensive
you understand?

Or just this one

7 Jewels in a Swiss factory

But all the craftsmen are German immigrants
It's 42 Guilders

It's for Aniversary
We could spend little more

Oh Well, then just this one

Bamendor works
uhh..Excuse me

Papa, Are you going out?

I will not caught around this
house and do nothing

Papa?

Excuse me

I'm Sorry

Yes

You..see

You could have it engraved

Or you could order it in
White Gold

The White Gold is 60

Residents in the occupied Netherland

must come forward according to
the following regulations

A Person is considered as being a Jew
Here's your star

Or part Jew
Next

if he had atleast one grandparent with
originary of full Jew

A grandparent is considered a Jew

if he belongs or has belonged
to the Jewish Church

You shouldn't be here

I have come for my Star

They are for Jews

You don't have a J
on your identity card

You could get it for me

If we all where them they would't
know the difference between

a Gentile and a Jew

Go home, please

Go home

I will wear my Star

And I wont take it off
Until God tells me to take it off

The God of Abraham and Isaac

Are my God, too

Who's the leader?

Hurry, Quick, turn around

Good Morning

Isn't it Miss Ten Boom?

Children, Stop here

The watch maker shop?

Ten Boom, Berteljorisstraat

Yea, you came for our radio

I wrote to my Father

I told him about your shop
Who are those boys?

Why are they being allowed to
torment that man?

They are young Dutch patriots

You might have heard public statements
derogatory to the Reich and our Fuhrer

They are expressing their
indignation

Patriots?

Who are these children?

I teach a class

I tell them about God

And this I used to

This will be the last one

Thanks to your new directive
concerning unauthorised meetings

Miss Ten Boom
The measures are temporary

When all this is over
When order has been restored

then all the Aryan peoples will live
together as brothers in our life

Men live together as brothers only
in the Kingdom of our Lord

Nowhere else

May we go?

Come..yea

Children..Children

Come! Come!

Have some cookies. Yea

Jan comes running for
the cookies

Lisa, yea

Carol..ah, yea!

Ha! Cookies?

I may not be able to be with you
for a while

But Jesus will still be there

Always watching over you

You see without Jesus

We are like this

Empty!

We can do nothing

But then Jesus fills us

with his Love

Then we are full
Yea!

We can do anything

We can do anything

Nothing serious, Pastor
Little bit dirt may be

It has been loosing
5 seconds a day

May be a good cleaning

You can do it in an hour?

While I am here

It really would be most helpful

Yea!

Good!

I will have an hour chat
with your papa

I hear he has been wearing
a Jewish Star

Stubbornness is the child of pride
And pride is the 1st of the 7 deadly sins

I will speak to him about it

I will need to be back at
the Church by 1:30

It will be ready

Dr Heemstra

Miss Ten Boom

Can only stay for a moment

We need milk for him
not soup

Good Lord...you don't intend
to keep it!

But you can't!

It's illegal!

You could all be arrested!

Aha..he is beautiful

Pastor

The Lord must have sent you here

You live in the country

There he could be safer

It's

Impossible

I have my own family to think of

We could loose everthing
for that child

Where would my Church be
without a Shepherd?

Ah, But
No, Betsie!

Pastor has decided

It is the Law!
And Christians must obey the Law!

Think what you are risking

for the sake of one Jewish baby

Will you report us, Pastor

If the baby must stay
a while with us

Corrie, we are meant to obey
the law of the State

If it does not go against
a higher law of God

Pastor, you want me to take
off my Star

Very well..I will not wear it

And we will keep the child

As a Christian

I am sorry that any man
must suffer

No matter who he is
what his race

But remember it is the Jews
Who gave us the Bible

and our Saviour!

It is on your heads

I'll pick up my watch tomorrow

Good Day, Ten Boom

Ladies

God forgive him
He did not mean it

How can that man call himself
a Christian?

If a mouse lives in the cookie jar

that doesn't necessarily make
him a cookie

What do we do?

He must have milk!
He should go to the country

Careful, He'll suffocate
No

Where would you send him?
God will know

Doors are opening all
over Holland

Last week we had a Dutch farm girl
and a peasant Baroness in the same bed

And now you will have our little
Moses into basket

Corrie, Please

Thank you

Willem!
He must not cry!

You certainly are organised
It's not the first time

We are away station

For a day or a week

You hid this from us, Willem?

German Jews before the occupation
and now the Dutch.

We do what we can

But the Nazis will not be satisfied
until there is not a Jew left in Europe

They have touched the apple of God's eye
I pity them

I hate them
Ah, Corrie

You can't hate anyone and
walk with the Lord

You could have told us
Willem, We might have helped

It is important toget our
little friend out of here

You would be hard pressed to explain
this sudden gift from heaven

Son, I will walk with you
a little way

Good Bye, Moses

We have been managing alright
Sometimes we have some potatoes

and occasionally eggs even!

So far we have not done too badly
And of course we

Is this the Dutch farm girl?
Grandpa!

Kik, Did you get anything?

The carbon from the waste basket

If you hold it out to the light
You can just make it out

Thank you

You see, Papa

We have a contact in the Gestapo
Hush!

He gives us a deportation list
whenever he can

Alright, Kik?

Bye, Grandpa

God Bless you, Kik
Steady it with one hand..Good!

Papa

Everyday now

They send 400 Jews from Amsterdam
Central Station

We reach those we can

Do we know anyone on the list?

I beg your pardon
No, please..I..I

I am sorry

to inconvenience you

May be he is a

Papa
There is a Gentleman upstairs

We have met

It was too late
He has no place to go

Papa, he is a Professor

Willem studied with him
They closed the university

All the Jewish teachers
were forced

Ah, Betsie

Good morning again, Professor

I appologise for the intrusion
Mr Ten Boom

Please

Thank You

Professor

Will you do us the honour
of asking the Blessing?

Baruch atah Adonai

Eloheinu Melech Haolam

Hamotzi lechem min haaretz

Amen

Amen

How fortunate Aunt Bep
had big feet

Yes.

Hmm..When were you born?

Born?

19th August 1885

Father's Name?

Ten Boom Casper

Mother?

Ten Boom Cornelia

Her maiden name?

Miss Ten Boom

If we are stopped, I

I could never pass as you

Professor Ziener

There are no if's in God's world

He brought you to this house

And he will see you
get safely away

This is your turn, Professor
Stay close with me

I'll try

It's wonderful, Professor!
We are almost there

Katrien!
Aunt Corrie!

Aunt Corrie!
Katrien!

I need your father's help

You should have seen Professor Ziener
getting into the boat

Katrien's father was attending him like
Queen Willemina boarding the yacht

Cornelia, do you think that you are
enjoying this a little too much?

Enjoying?

No, I was terrified

I've been able to laugh at it
all dressed up like Betsie

Oh..thank God
He kept the patrols away

Be sure to save a piece of cake
for Willem's friend

Friend?

It is all very mysterious

Someone he wants us to meet

What did Willem say when you
told him about Professor Ziener?

This is not some game you play
when the mood strikes

If you become involved in
this work

people will be forced to trust you
with their lives

I told you, Willem
We gave him my papers

We thought it out
very carefully

And if they questioned him

Was he supposed to sing soprano?

No!

He was going to have
Quincy throat

Excuse me

When you wander along the canal
taking someone out of there?

How did you know
that you could trust him?

I knew the man

And he knew what the Lord told me

Papa

You are the Master of this house

The Master of this house

Commands that we open the door
to anyone who knocks

We cannot afford to
ignore anyone

who seriously engages in our work
whatever the methods

Perhaps you will allow us
to assist your efforts

Thank you for the delivery, Mr Smit

Only for emergencies!

We have a contact at the exchange

But you can never be certain that
the line is not tapped

But you would expected to develop
your own sources

The less contact you
have with me

or with anyone else the better

Willem
We know half of Haarlem

We have friends everywhere!

Dear Lady
Knowing them is one thing

Knowing their political views
God knows!

And we will ask him to lead

We appreciate your concerns
Mr Sluring

We are not the most likely candidates

But since there is a need
we must do what we can to meet it

People have every kind of reason for
wanting to work in the underground

Excitement! perhaps

Mr Sluring

We've passed the age when excitement is
of any major concern in our lives

Truthfully

I would rather do anything else

I would like to close the door
and never open it again

Until this whole hideous
thing is over

But that's me

My Lord Jesus

Tells me to open the doors
to whatever comes

To give his love in what
ever way I can

And I will listen to his voice

Not mine

Do we pass inspection?

How many can you take?

There is...Mama's room
and there's your old room

And there is Aunt Anna's room
and Aunty Bep's room

and our 3 rooms..there is 7

And could share bed
if we have to

So our hotel is ready
for guests

Not quite

What you do if Gestapo comes?

You'll have a visitor
Jan Smit

Actually it's 2 houses

Over a 100 years ago
they were joined together

The one in the front is 2 rooms
deep and 1 room wide

The one at the back...here

Is 3 rooms

One on top of the other

Papa, This is Mr Smit

Mr Smit

We know some Smit's in Amsterdam
Are you the Smit family that

Papa, this is the man I told
you about

He has come to Inspect the house

Oh...a building Inspector?

Do you have offices on
Grote Haus street?

No Papa, he is not a building Inspector
and his name is not Smit

Not Smit?
Excuse us, Papa

We must locate the rest
of the house

The Parlour

Meal times...that's the
favourite hour for a raid

Watch your waste baskets

and astrays

It needs to be as high
as possible

They'll ask for the best chance to reach
a safe place while they search below

These are all bedrooms?
Yea

If the raid comes at night

They'll have to take their bedding

Make certain that the mattress
gets tugged

The favourite trick of the Gestapo
feeling for a warm spot on the bed

What's up there?

The roof is directly above
Who sleeps here?

I do

Perfect!

The Wall..will go

Here!

All clear
The sign is in the window

You see there is a distinctive marking

You can always sell
Flenstadht's work

Lovely day, Aunt Betsie

Peter, No!

I'll come for it Tuesday then
Good

Uhha. Ten Boom!

Frisian!

Such beautiful wood!

My Father made a case like this once

Oh, He spent months building it
polishing, oiling

It is just a shell

It needs complete
set of works

What price will you be asking?

Well, It will take some months
to be ready

Name a good price

Exorbitant even, I will pay

I like the Clock

I can afford the best!
But

It has no works

No....huh

Very well

Tuesday, Mr Ten Boom

Kik! Hurry!

Aunt Betsie, How many times
do you have to be told?

Take the sign out of the window
when it isn't safe!

Kik

I'm sorry..I'm sorry!

Grandpa...Look!

Tea, Mr Smit?

Ah, Thank you!

Yes, yes, yes..yes!

Good Morning
Milk!

Not Milk! Paint!

Paint?

Betsie! O Betsie!

Do you remember Fred Koonstra?

Of course, he read our
electric meter for years

His daughter was in our Bible class
Yea

Milk!
Paint

Paint!

Elsie Koonstra

I know her name I just have to
sort out few faces

She must be into her 20's by now

I heared yesterday that Fred Koonstra
works in the Food Office

Where?

They issue ration cards

I will be frank
we had some unexpected company

First, a baby

Then a man
and then last night, a couple

All Jews, Mr Koonstra

Why do you tell me?

There are only 3 of us
left at home now

My Father, My Sister and Me

And our ration cards are
just not enough

All ration cards are checked

Accounted for in dozen
differnt ways

Yea! Yea! I know I

Should not have asked you

I thought perhaps you
could advise me

The food office at Utrecht
was robbed last week

Men were caught
And shot

If it happened at noon and just the
record clerk and I were there

We would have to be tied and gagged

How many cards do you need?

A 100!

I know someone who
might do it

Papa, Now!

Papa!

Done
How long?

47 seconds!

They better not send us
anyone wider than me

Hallelujah!

Oh Lord! we ask Your blessing
on this hiding place

You can eat what you like!

Herren, It is not kosher
It's not a problem

Could you pass the potatoes
Please?

Oh..my God!

Go, go, go! go!

Hurry, Hurry

I will get one to put one
on each side

Your'e spilling it!

Corrie?

1 minute and 15 seconds

It's long enough to cuddle
the stomach

Peace be with this house and
all who dwell in it

The peace of the Lord God. Please come in
Don't stand outside and pray

I was told that you have accomodation
I will require a room for myself

quiet for study and preferably
with no children

Well, Can you take me in?

Well, yes, but there are many
questions that I have

I would like something to eat

Last meal was yesterday

Thank you! Good afternoon

This is a Kosher House?

Well, we try, we have many requests
that we are not able to handle

And there are no children?

Well, not at present but they
come and they go

Let them stay gone
while I am here

This is the way?

Yea! I regret
My contacts have told me

that most of you guests are transients that
they are on the way out of the country

Most of them, Yes
Well, I will not be

I am a teacher and Chief compere
for the congregation Beth Kodesh

I will not be driven away by grining sea
creatures their powers and their Reich

Who is this man?

A Patriach like Issac or Jacob
Father of Nations!

Papa, We have a new guest

This is my father, Mr Ten Boom

Papa, This is Mr

Wijnstok, Meyer Wijnstok
Pleased to meet you, Mr Ten Boom

God willing and the accomodation
proving suitable

I will be staying with you until
this nonsense is over

You're Welcome
Thank You

Miss Ten Boom
My room, please

Aunt Betsie!

My friend Jan wants a place
to stay for a while

He got away from the transport

By noon tomorrow he will have
new identity papers

But

Where did you get the uniforms?

Not all Germans are Nazis
Aunt Betsie

Is it Jan?

Corrie! Mr Wijnstock refuse
kitchen duty again

He has to study

If he wants to eat he must
have to share the work

Where is he now?
In the parlour

Oh can I have a
Oh, excuse me! I'm sorry

Corrie, he's already been upset today

He found out we call him
Eusie behind his back

We save his great dignity

He should be flattered
he reminds us of a scholar

But a Gentile scholar..he said

We should have at least
called him Josephus

Rules are rules!

Mr Wijnstok, my sister tells me
that you have refused

Miss Ten Boom, I am Praying

First you refused to work on Saturday
because that was the Sabbath

Then you refused to work on Sunday
because that was our day of rest

I was simply trying to pay respect
to the practise of this house

But today is Tuesday

Tell me, Miss Ten Boom

Why you've found it necessary
to give me a nickname?

We called you Eusie simply because

Eusie is a kind of name
you give to a pet cat

As a guest in your house am I no
longer entitled to respect

We are getting completely
out of subject

However as if it seems to give
you both satisfaction

Please have the courage to
use the name to my face

You want Eusie
Eusie it will be

Ladies!

Good Morning!
Good Morning!

Good Morning!
Good Morning!

After 7!

Just smell breakfast?
Yea

Betsie!

Betsie

Good Morning!

What is it?
Today is the 18th!

It's Mama and Papa's Aniversary!
Oh, no!

54 coupons for the pass

Tell Mr Klassen
It's for Papa

Corrie

Corrie
That blouse and that skirt

You just can't. Not today

But its a

You look like a flag
on a mud boat

You always liked this blouse

The blouse is beautiful
and you are beautiful

But the combination of you and
blouse and skirt

is impossible

Santa Lucia

Santa Lucia

Papa Ten Boom, You are a most
singular man

You are such a great man!

There must have been a great woman

Now, this is not exactly a song

it is more a

a Blessing

Its a...It means may
God bless you

May He protect you

May His face shine upon you

You want the whole of
Haarlem to hear you?

I did not ask to be born a Jew

I am sick of being expected to

bear the burdern of suffering
for the entire world

Because my Mother's name was..Stein

So you will be another Esau

Selling your birth rights
for a mash of porridge

I don't want your great
Judaic Heritage!

I dont want any part of your
Lord God Jehovah

It is no easy thing

to stand in the Palm of God's hand

Betsie, go to the door

Betsie, go!
Yes, yes I'll go

Yes, in a moment!

This is Beukers

Betsie, are you crazy?

The whole street can hear
your Jews singing

Oh! Thank you!

Tonight, on the overseas
service of the BBC

We have special greetings of love
to 2017

soldier Sidney Harris
from his Mother

And to 1433, Officer Phillip Munen
for his wife Doris

If anyone has seen or heard
of Alan Stokes

who was last seen in
Bournemouth?

His father is hospitalized in London
is seriously ill

Alan Stokes, can contact
with the Hospital Whitehall 9527

The number is Whitehall 9527

Our next programme is
a music played by

How can I ever remember them?

You used to pass
messages in Church

Kik!
Aunt Corrie

All these numbers
What do they mean?

Different things
instructions mostly

Instructions of what?

Well, there could be
a Pilot down somewhere

The numbers could be co-ordinates
for picking him up

Or may be for blowing up
a Nazi supply train

Things like that

Sabotage?

We could have blood on our hands

For Holland

Does that make it right?

Lying, stealing, killing?

What ever helps Holland is right

Need the message, Aunt Corrie
they are waiting

Will there be life when
this is over?

Miss Ten Boom?

Yea!

Thank you for being so prompt

I've heard a great deal about you

about your work

I am afraid it is my father's work
Not of watch making

Your other work

You mean the children?

We had to disband the class

Miss Ten Boom

Many of us who are in opposition to
publicise our feelings

are in great sympathy in
what you are doing

People call your house
God's Underground

Are you trying to trap me Sir?

Using the name of the
Lord is not the way

If it were a trap you would be down
the hall talking with the Gestapo

This will go no further

Then why did you send for me?

I want you

to pass this man's name on
to your freinds

Who is he?

A business man

He betrays people to the Gestapo

The going rate is 75 guilders a head

Just pass it on

They'll take care of him

If I could do what you ask

It would be same as killing him myself

I can only put him in the
hands of the Lord

And ask the Lord to
reach his heart

Do that, Miss Ten Boom

The demons are out tonight?

I would assume you could sleep
to anything

Some Tea?

Thank you

You Know, Miss Ten Boom

You and I are very much alike

Stubborn

Tough

Determined

You still don't do
your share of the work

Yea..same, Yes

But I..I am also

So..Are you in!

Did you know that

I have a wife and small son?

Precisely, I do not choose to
expose myself

They got away

At least I think they did

I will not go around
like the others

begging for sympathy
and reassurance

We know so little about each other

you are busy yourself
with our needs

Surely you have some needs
of your own

It's people like us
Miss Ten Boom

Raging torrents behind
the stubborn jaw

No torrents

Might say my life has
been..boring

Till all this?

Until all this.

Was marriage never considered for
the daughter's of Ten Boom?

Betsie was always unwell

She was told she could not
bear children

so she choose not to marry

And you?

I had a young man

but I was not cut from fine enough
cloth for his family

I lacked grace

Still

I was the first woman to be
licensed watch maker in Holland

And you have your Father

and you have your Religion

Is it enough?

More than enough

God has been good to me

Yes

I think he has

And I think

I shall be going back to my bed

I will pray for your family

Don't think that you'll get me to
peel potatoes, Miss Ten Boom

Good Morning

Miss Ten Boom?

Yea?

My name is Vogel
Jan Vogel

I came all the way, from Ermelo

You have a watch that needs a repair?

I need 600 Guilders

I've heared that you have
certain contacts

I don't understand

It's my wife

She has been arrested

She is Jewish

That's a lot of money

There is a police man who will
arrange everything for 600 Guilders

And she'll need a place to hide

What now?

Someone is calling for this
within the hour

Mr Jan Vogel

He is from Ermelo

His wife has been taken

It's for a bribe

Oh...You are impossible

Now hear

I will take care of it
Now will you please go to bed?

But Willem and Tine are coming

You can come down later
Be sure to call

I will

And use the steam kettle!
Yea, Yea

I felt it today the Lord would
have us read from Romans Chapter 8

What then can seperate
us from Christ love?

Can hardship or calamity can
persecution or abuse

if we are hungry or poor
or in danger?

or threatened with death, does
that mean that God has deserted us..No?

Despite all this

We have overwhelming victory
through Christ who loves us

For I am convinced that neither
death nor life

nor the powers of heaven nor
the powers of hell itself

can keep God's love from us

Nothing in the world as it is

Or the worlds, that it shall be
in the forces of the Universe

in all creation will ever be
able to seperate us

Along the side door

Come on

All Upstairs!

Corrie!

Yea, I am sorry we are closed
until 2 O'clock

Miss Ten Boom...I
I have an appointment with you sister

Mr Vogel?

I need the money, now!

Yes, Of course I'll get it
Please! Miss Ten Boom

To your places, everyone!
Come on, Hurry up!

Please, Miss Ten Boom
Yes..Yes in a moment!

I am just collecting it

Upstairs, I'll take the top!

Miss Ten Boom?

Ten Boom, Elizabeth

Where do you hide your ration cards?

I don't know what you
are talking about?

Where are the Jews?
What Jews?

Lord Jesus, help me!

Where are the Jews?
Saviour save me

Where is the secret room?

Corrie!

This must stop!

There's been no wrong
done in this house

Then what are you doing
with all these ration cards?

Feeding an Army?

What does it say in the book of
your's about obeying the Government?

There comes a time

When we must choose between
God and man

Keep moving

Name?
Cornelia

Ten Boom, Elizabeth

Name?
Ten Boom, Casper

Papa!

Only 6?

God is with us

Ten Boom

Give me your word you'll
behave yourself

And you can die in your bed
old man..where you belong

If I stay behind

I will open my door to anyone

who knocks for help

Close it up

Seal the House

Out! Out! Out!

Corrie, take my hand

My sister she needs a doctor
Move on!

Papa!

Papa!

God be with you, Papa!

And with you all, my daughters!

I have to get in there

Fever down?

You have them worried

Typhus

Yesterday's ration
I saved it for you

Listen, I have family here
My sister, my brother

My father, my nephew
the Ten Boom family

Can you find out where they are?

Maybe, listen

I can get soap
aspirin, cigarettes

You can pay me when you start
getting mail

Soap 25 Guilders, Aspirin 50

Cigarettes, 100
Almost anything

Can you get me a Bible?

It's Kik! It's safe now

Oh, thank God!

Shh...Over the roof, quickly

The roof!

Where are you family?
Hurry!

The Ten Boom's?
Still in prision

That's all we know

Mama made it cover it on my bed

It was in a truso

The painting by the mirror is a

Do not go!

Stay

Please

They think I have to feed you

Everybody is been released
Everybody?

Except your sister Betsie
And your father too, I think

I am not sure
O! Thank you, Lord!

O Lord, Thank you!

Here's a bread from the
warden's bakery...Fresh!

O Lord

You have done wonders

Don't I get little credit?

Lord, Bless this Angel

Bless you!

Do you think you can last here
doing that...Praying?

The only way to live here is to hate

Hate can put you in a worse
prison than this

I have been 3 years in this hole

I worked my way to a position

I live to get the swine
who betrayed me

And that's 75 Guilders!

Are you cold?

It seems reasonably pleasant

I'm Sorry

Now you are here for the
violation of rationing rules

Would you mind telling me
where you got these extra ration cards?

Sometimes they just appeared

What do you mean...appear?

Pushed under the door

Sometimes they were handed
to me in the market

By whom?

By Mr Smit
Mr Jan Smit?

Would you tell me all your
other activities?

My sister and I held Bible classes

until such meetings were forbidden

And we worked with retarded children

How?
Excuse me?

How would you work with them?

We taught them about God

What a waste!

If you wanted converts

surely one normal person is
worth all the halfers in the world

In the eyes of God one simple child
may be worth more than

A watch maker's daughter?

Perhaps

But I know he keeps me
always in his sight

You actually believe that?

I beleive that you are in his
sight too..Lieutenant

Tell me, Miss Ten Boom
How can you believe in a God

Who lets an old man die in prison?

his body forgotten somewhere
in a pauper's grave?

My Father?

I understand he was taken ill
after about 10 days

He was taken to hospital in the Hague
Unfortunately

there were no beds available

He seemingly died in the hallway

Some failure of organisation

Under such circumstances when
no one claims the body

It is difficult to trace

I know where my Father is...Lieutenant

That will be all
Miss Ten Boom

You have news from home

Papa

Papa

28 FEBRUARY ARREST

9 MARCH PAPA DIED

Betsie

Betsie

Corrie

It's my sister

Betsie

Betsie

Betsie

Betsie

Betsie

Betsie
Corrie

Ravensbruck
Oh my God

No one is permitted to take
any personal possessions

There will be no exceptions

Severe exams will be made for those
who refuse to co-operate

Place your personal belongings and luggage on the table
Remove your clothes and take a bath

No I can't
They are taking everything

He asked us do
He will help us to do

He wants us to die for little skin
This isn't harness

I can't
There will be no exception

Where you're going
Toilet, Please

Showers?
Use the drain holes

Please, understand
She is being very ill

Name?
Bridget Marie

Name?
Priest Frances

Quick, take of the sweater

Hurry!

They'll send us back here
after we shower

Yes, yes, You can
Hurry!

Danka!

I got my shoes!

How much for underwear?

Week's bread ration

Next!

O Lord, you have given us your Word
and hidden it to everything

Now open up a way for us to
get it through the gates of hell

It's in God's hands now

Next

Name?
De Greuth, Elisa

Classification?
Political

Next!

Next?

Name?
Yedmuelle, Grace

Classification?
Criminal

Next!
Ten Boom, Elizabeth

Classification?
Political

Next!
Ten Boom, Cornelia

Classification?
Political

Next!

Next!
Berte, Liza

Classification?
Political

Next!

Classification?

Ten Boom, over here!

Fleas!

Lice

Imagine what mama would say?

Ravensbruck

Is not a rest camp

Roll call 4:30 every morning

7 days a week

Tomorrow assignment, the work details

Those who cannot work report
to sick call

Don't say I better be sick!

You will receive one half pound
of bread

One half liter of soup per day

Once on observation upon
which your life depends

There is only one road to freedom

Work!

Get it up!

Hold them in!

You're Dutch?

Some of my people are Dutch

On my Mother's side

You are not the only one suprised
to be here

I thought I would be working
at re-allocation center

Refugees

Supplies are extremely limited

And accurate record is essential

I know my way around hospitals
I was kind of nurse once

I assume that is why you are
assigned here

I'm a midwife

I brought Jewish babies
into the world

You are not to touch
the things in here

Soap, Vitamins, Painkillers

Yeast, Quinine

I always have the key
to this cupboard

However

You will find it that I
often forget to lockup

I hope you understand

66685

Thank you, Lord!

He don't expect thanks
for this

It's warm!

I am thankful for every moment
we can be together

We can at least lie down tonight

There has to be a plan, Corrie

I won't be grateful for the lice

God doesn't make mistakes

How is it it's the hospital?

Is it though your temperature
has to be above 104 to be admitted?

That's the rule

There is a guard in the laundry
you can get underwear for a price

What does she want?
Bread rations

Oh, Don't cut too much
What you want hair or lice?

You'll learn to love the
little darlings

The guards won't step foot
in this lice pit

Pass the door we can do anything

Even Lice!

6-6-7-2-7

6-6-7-2-7!

6-6-7-2-7 is missing!

Here!

Somebody over slept

The loony

Ah, Corrie

We are in Hell!

Why do they keep us so long?

To break us

Betsie, Look!

I was certain no one would die

We would all go home

Those days on the train

The Lord seemed to promise

How could I have misunderstood?

Dear Father, help me

Don't let me listen to my voice
and think it's yours!

O, Jesus

Show me how to live in this place

You too love him?

Put these in the mattress

Not now! It's Yeast

And don't go spooning it around
I can never get enough for everybody

This method consisted of painting
on the small dots

of pure colours on the canvas

And colour blending was achieved

by placing dot of different
colours next to each other

And then, from a distance
the 2 colours

appear blended into
one single new colour

Jesus Christ has made it possible

For us we need to have direct access

There is a repeat in that point
In the 2nd movement?

There is a ritardando at the end of 3rd part
Ta..da..da

Stand up for Jesus ye soldiers of the Cross
Lift high his

Royal banner
You are quite wrong retardando is later

it must not suffer loss

Attention! Attention!

No Room!

No Room!

You find room

German whores
We ran them through the hospital

Infected

Pass the yellow badge?

Race Defiler

go to be with the Slavic labourer

She is just a child

You trod on my foot!

Don't exert yourself, Countess

It's all I can carry

Anymore and I'll have to
stop altogether

I decide who stops!

Betsie!

I decide who stops!

No!

Don't hate, Corrie

Don't hate

I'll first of all warm this
You owe 2 day's bread!

I will pay you next week

No!

Don't!

Jesus knows everything we feel

He promised that when 2 or 3
get together in his name

He would be there with them

Even in Ravensbruck!

In our lives, before

we would have been seperated
by so much

But here, all that has been
stripped away

And we see the truth

Jesus in each one of us

Light in this darkness

And we can praise him together

Father

Bless the German People

From your Great Storehouse of love

Forgive them for Jesus sake

Do not hold this place to the judge!

Forgive them

Even before they
know to ask

2 days bread I need

I'll give you one

2...Who else you know
has the Scarf!

I will give you one now, one tomorrow
I will break you

Come on, rub it!

Rub it in!

A whole transport of Poles
came in last night

Vulture
You should know

I have an underwear
Eyes front!

It's wool
No!

2 days bread ration
My comb

I'll collect later
Nothing for the comb

Rub hardly!

Rub it
Thank You

O! the sky is so peaceful

You politicals don't have anything
to do with trash

We're all trash

I took it from the tray
In the infirmary

Continue, Continue!

I thought you are smart

You called attention to
yourself in a line

Imbecile! Could you not wait until
you're back in the block

You are such a greedy fool?

You German Cow!

You know I should let them kill

You great lumbering, Imprest?vel!

You would like to go to the
No light, no water

You will never do anything
like stupid again!

Never!

Now I...
I'll dress your hand

Comfort the frightened
help the weak

be patient with everyone

do not repay evil for evil

but always try to do good
to one another

Always rejoice

Pray constantly

give thanks in all circumstances

For this is the will of God
in Jesus Christ

And to the mindless the word
sound so comforting

In this place it's mockery!

God didn't make this place...Man did!

But He has power
Surely he could stop them

Unless of course, he is the sadist

No! he is Love, all Love

Then he is Impotent

You can't have it both ways my dear!

You see what is around you

We see another world
Just as real

Our life with God

Everyday

It gets deeper and stronger

You'll think that you can't exist
side by side but, we know it do

We live them both

It's enough knowing that we
are so much done

moving from nothing to nothing

But you must believe your God

smells that stench from
those chimneys

and refuses to do anything

If only

you could know his love

I am Maria Wrochek

1st violinist of the
Warsaw Symphony Orchestra

Did your God will this?

We cannot answer

All I can say is, that the same
God you are accusing

came and lived in the
midst of our World

He was Beaten
And he was mocked

and he died on a Cross

And he did it for love

for us

And why do you think

your God of love sent you here?

To obey him

If you know him

you don't have to know why

First you take juice of 4 oranges

and half a cream

to the cup of sugar

I only use 3 quaters of the cup

You should use a full cup

Then you put peels aside for
grating and you whip the cream

What kind of cook are you?
You forgot the eggs

Do your own recipe, then

We need more sand

Corrie

Corrie

Don't shut me out..please

You know you can only give it to Jesus

Do you think I haven't prayed?

But I hate them

I hate every Nazi in this place!

We can't be more than
what we are

Only Jesus can free us
from ourselves

from whatever happens

Sister
You can't protect me

You mustn't try

Lord

I cannot let go of it

take this

hate

out of my life

and put your love in it's place

Jesus

so many things I do not understand

Do not let me go mad

Poking about on my own

You know that I am

Saviour

Hide me in the center
of your will

How long?

4 months

What's it to you?

Child

You would like to see me cry
Wouldn't you?

Then you could mother me

I only want to help

What difference would it make?
Everything dies here

A drug for!
A lousiy looking whore!

We need vitamins
and all the calcium you can get

And you are so damn numpty

2 years older she'b be standing
over you with a whip

Ah...a baby, Katje
a new life!

I am not your personal Red Cross!

I can never get enough for you
and her and Betsie too

What are you doing?
Nothing! I was just

I said what were you doing?

We have a pregnency in 28
a kid of 18. It's

I do not want to know!

All pregencies are transferred
to experimental

Yeast, B vitamins
It will help your soup down

We even have a midwife

Group 5, over 100 women
report to a your Inspector

Prisioner 146723

Report to administration
for processamento

All this German slop
has to be good for something

German papers are thick
like German heads!

There's lot of hot air! The Yankee's
are half way to the Rhine

So

We have got some hot air
between you and the wind

Katje, Thank you!

It is funny about you two

Uhh...tells us

We need a laugh!

You are always talking about love

I bet neither of you ever
had a man

We have boy friends

Did you love your babie's father?

I was hungry
He was nice to me

Your leg is so strange

Lift this one

I can't
Well, Try!

It goes like wood
Oh I am so weak!

Thank God..he is strong

Katje, Katje!

Betsie, try
please try...yea

You know Corrie

We are going to be free!

Before the New Year

Both of us

Both of us?

The Lord

Showed me

in a dream

You'll see!

I'm not going to die, Corrie
No

Fair enough

Leave her there

Please leave her

All prisoners report to
the Lagerstrasse

Please, let me stay with her
Roll call

Block 41..dismiss

Block 28..dismiss

Block 33..dismiss

Block 35..dismiss

Betsie!

The prisoner is being transferred
to the hospital

Prisioner 66730 request permission
to accompany her sister

What is the count?

Block 20: 4 dead
Block 21: 3 dead

Block 22: 6 dead
Go on

Block 23: Clear
There should be more. Count again

Betsie!

Sister!

Thank Him, Corrie

Thank the Lord

For all he has done for us here
You will be warm soon

Together

You and I

Always together

Water

Could I sleep here?
Just tonight?

It's so cold

This way we can have 2 blankets

If God loved Betsie so much

Why?

Suffering does not mean that
God has stopped loving us

Sometimes

we have to accept things
we do not understand

I love Betsie

And I love you!

This is the sister

Corrie, you must look

Otherwise you'll never know

She is Beautiful

Betsie!

We should do great many things
for others

And we must go everywhere

We must tell people

that no pit is so deep

that he is not deeper still

They will believe us

because we were here

Betsie talked about heaven like
she already been there. Yea

No one would wish her back

Read for Betsie

Read for all of us

Are we not that
our earthly bodies

those we have now

it will die

must be changed for our
heavenly bodies

which will not die

but will live forever

Then the scripture will
be fulfilled

Death is swallowed up in Victory

So my dear ones

since future victory
is sure

Be strong and study

always abounding in the work
of the Lord

And we know that our labour
in the Lord

is not in vain

as it would be
if there were no resurrection

And this is the good news

that Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures

And that he rose again
just as the prophets had said

For God so loved the world that
he gave his only begotten Son

that anyone who believes
in him shall not die

but has eternal life

The following prisoners
will come forward

and standby for selection
on pickup

6-6-7-0-0

6-5-4-0-6

6-6-7-1-8

6-6-6-9-4

No, She cannot walk

Bring her

7-8-9-9-2

Died last night

6-6-7-3-0

Corrie

For what you said
I want it, I want him

Then ask

I don't know what to ask for

He knows. Just ask

God is with you

Papa

Sleep well, Corrie

Papa?
Yes, Corrie?

What is it like to die?

When you and I go to Amsterdam

When did I give you a ticket?

Just before we get on the train

So with death

When the time comes

Our wise Heavenly Father
will give the strength you need

Prisioner 66730

Ten Boom, Cornelia

Ten Boom, Cornelia

Sentence completed
21st 12 1944

Sign

What is it?

Prisoner certifies that all treatments
received during her imprisonment

has been etiquette and humane

and no accidents, illnesses or
injuries have occured

Sign

You know, Corrie
We're going to be free

before the New Year

We will..I know it

CASPER TEN BOOM

Died, The Hague Municipal Hospital
March 9 1944

KIK TEN BOOM

Died, Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
Date Unknown

WILLEM TEN BOOM

Died from Hepatitis contrated in prison
December 12 1945

BETSIE TEN BOOM

Died, Ravensbruck December 12 1944

CORRIE TEN BOOM

Released, Ravensbruck
December 28 1944

Years later it was learnt
my release came

through a clerical error

What some might call a mistake

Not long after I was set free

Women my age were put to death

Yes

I am Corrie Ten Boom

In my 80's now

Some questions remain

But they are not to be feared

Our heavenly Father holds
all things in his hands

Even our questions

As for myself
in the year since Ravensbruck

The Lord has sent me to some
60 Countires

And I have told to anyone
who would listen

No pit is so deep

that he is not deeper still

With Jesus

even in our darkest moments

The Best remains

And the very best is yet to be

I promised my sister
I would tell it

And I tell you