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micaelabehbehh
micaelabehbehh
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High School - 10th Grade

In the book The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, despite the miserable living conditions, what is one positive thing about Ravensbruck?

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Posted by micaelabehbehh on Tuesday September 1, 2009 at 3:15 PM and tagged with ravensbruck, settings, themes.

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  1. thewritingteacher
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    High School - 12th Grade

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    One of the things Corrie ten Boom learned well from her sister, Betsie, was a attitude of gratitude and a heart of forgiveness. Ravensbruck was indeed the vilest of the camps in which Corrie spent time, but even there she saw God's provision.

    The first instance was the mildewed, cockroach infested benches in which Corrie was able to hide a sweater, a Bible, and a bottle of liquid vitamins that Betsie desperately needed to survive. That Bible became a beacon of hope for all the women crammed into the cell block.

    The second provision that Corrie understood was the crowded and filthy conditions themselves. The platforms were so crowded with women and so infested with lice that Corrie could not imagine how they could "give thanks in all circumstances", which had been their Scripture reading early in the day.  1400 women crammed themselves into a space designed for 400. It was so filthy that the guards refused to enter the place--which meant the Betsie and Corrie could teach the Bible without interruption.

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    Posted by thewritingteacher on Wednesday September 2, 2009 at 3:37 PM