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Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the 20h century. In World War II she and her family risked their lives to help Jews and underground workers escape from the Nazi's, and for their work they were tested in the infamous Nazi death camps. Only Corrie among her whole family survived to tell the story of how faith ultimately triumphs over evil.

Eine Woche nach Corrie ten Booms Entlassung aus dem KZ Ravensbrück werden alle Frauen ihres Jahrgangs ermordet. War ihre Entlassung ein Irrtum? Nein, Gott hatte noch einen großen Plan mit ihr. Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983) bewegt bis heute viele Menschen durch ihr Glaubenszeugnis. Während der Zeit des Naziregimes bot ihre Familie vielen Juden Schutz, bis sie selbst ins KZ Ravensbrück eingesperrt wurde. Dort erlebte Corrie inmitten von Gewalt, Hass und Erniedrigung immer wieder Gottes Hilfe und Bewahrung und war für viele Mitgefangene ein Licht in der Dunkelheit. Ein atmosphärisch gestaltetes intensives Hörerlebnis über diese bewegende Lebensgeschichte.

Edith Schwalb’s story is remarkable not only for her own bravery, but for the bravery of those that helped her: an entire village, including its mayor and citizenry, heroically conspired to conceal the presence of hundreds of Jewish children who lived in the safe house. Hiding Edith details not only the amazing courage and struggles of one young girl, but the inspiring spirit of the people she met.

When nine-year-old Charlotte Standish goes missing from her street in the small town of Rydale Falls, it sparks a media frenzy. Detective Morgan Brookes leads a frantic hunt for the girl, but little Charlie seems to have vanished into thin air. Chasing up a lead at Charlie’s school, Morgan is chilled to learn that this isn’t the first time a child has gone missing on this street. Another girl disappeared 15 years ago, and Morgan is the only one who thinks the cases could be related. But in the moment that she takes her eye off Charlie’s case, another child goes missing.

Examining a series of El Niño-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. Late Victorian Holocausts focuses on three zones of drought and subsequent famine: India, Northern China, and Northeastern Brazil.

Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what it would look like under a white veil with the man of her dreams by her side. However, her life takes a harrowing turn in 1944 when she is forced out of her home and sent to the most gruesome of places: Auschwitz. Upon arrival, Rosie’s head is shaved and along with the loss of her beautiful hair, she loses the life she once cherished.