Many people who learned about the life story of the ten Boom family said that it had changed their life and their faith. Corrie ten Boom had survived the holocaust but unfortunately, the rest of her family didn't. From 1943 to 1944, the family of ten Boom led by their father Casper had helped over 800 Jews and more Dutch undergrounds from being imprisoned by the Nazi soldiers. The holocaust had claimed the lives of millions of Jews led by its leader Adolf Hitler. At that time, Casper and his family driven by their great faith in God wanted to help save as many Jews as they can by making their house into a secret hiding place. Some Jews lived in their homes for awhile while others stay there until the family can find them another safe house to stay in.
On the eve of February 28, 1944, a secret police had paved the way for the capture of several Jews who visited their house. They eventually captured all the members of the family. They tried to look around the house searching for the 2 Jews that they were searching for but to no avail. That's because the house had a secret hiding place behind the walls so the soldiers were not able to locate them. Still, they captured and imprisoned the family. The first casualty was the elderly Casper. He died just a few days after the capture. Eventually, one by one the other members have died and only Corrie survived. Corrie believed that her life was God's gift to her and that she needs to share about what her family experienced. She wrote a book about their experience and the book was even turned into a movie.
The ten Boom Museum lies in Holland and people who have actually visited the place are in awe. This is a Christian family who helped save the lives of hundreds of people from sure death and in turn their lives were put in grave danger. They could have had no problem during the holocaust if they chose to keep a blind eye from all the problems they see but they chose to live their Christian life and helped save the Jews.
Callie ten Boom said it best, "You can't love Jesus without loving the Jewish people." In fact, it was written in the Bible that Jerusalem is the everlasting covenant of God to the people of Israel. God loves the people of Jerusalem. The ten Boom foundation wanted to continue the 100 year tradition of the family of praying weekly for Jerusalem and for all the Jews around the world. It started in 1844 and had to end abruptly in 1944 when they were all captured. Now, that tradition continues and more and more people, especially in the United States, are joining in on prayer for all the people of Jerusalem and also for peace in Israel.
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