Corrie & Betsie were in the German extermination camp & it was time for roll call outside the barracks. Tens of thousands of women lined up in rows of 10 & groups of hundreds; the temperature was frigid. They were in line freezing as gusts of wind easily penetrated their clothing, & a mentally handicapped girl soiled herself. The female guards started running toward her shouting for her to stop. When they reached her they brutally beat her. Corrie said she felt so sorry for them, speaking of the mentally handicapped prisoners. Her sister Betsie agreed that she felt so sad for "them" but she was referring to the guards. Later she said it was so sad that all they knew was hate, but searched for opportunities to give them God's Love!!! After the war Corrie opened homes to help all the people, both prisoners AND Nazis find the Love of Christ!!
While still in the extermination camp, she said that the worse the conditions got the more she & her sister were filled with the Love & Joy of Christ!!!They were constantly reading scripture, seeing women saved... when they became tenants of barracks 28 they led the way to Jesus and the hundreds of other women who lived there went from Fighting against each other because of the cramped, awful conditions to loving each other & treating others nicely. Lives changed because of the love & joy God freely gives.
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