The Woman Who Saved 800 Jews: Corrie ten Boom

This is even this is our American stories we tell stories about everything here on the show including your send them tell American stories.com. Some of our favorites A recurring favorite. We continue our series about the curious origins of every day saying you to join us again is Andrew Thompson as he continues to share another slice from his ultimate guide to understanding these many mysteries of the English language is entered, put a sock in it means to be quiet and its origins with the early days of writing are broadcast and sound recordings.

The equipment and the only knotty number two is not very sophisticated, and the ability to control the volumes of various instruments was limited. When orchestras were quoting the studio as a whole. Sections tend to be either powering and completely drowned out the window and string sections to combat these old plans would stuff an actual sulking to the amount of their instrument and if the conductor for it was necessary, he would yell out socket and then by the 1920s. This expression was being used clinically to put the dampers on something means to make something less enjoyable to reduce your enthusiasm for something a lot of people actually think the phrases put a damper on something because of the notion of putting to dampen out file but is actually for the dampers on and it began with music as well a damper is a device using piano strings.

It's operated by foot pedal and presses against the strings. This reduces the sound of the piano when the conductor instructs the orchestra to put the dampers on he wants to tone down the volume of the performance to be put through the middle means to go through a hot Schiphol rough treatment and it draws in the flannel making process in medieval England for electricity was invented. Classical mills usually cowboy border which turned a large wheel.

These tend to heavy circular steins which relied on top of each other cereal seeds were fed through the top stone and I will be finely ground produce flat on by the 1800s being put through the middle came to federal person going through a similar hardship, similar to the process of being ground out like a grain in the middle. If you send someone put your thinking cap on it telling them to think seriously about problem or to concentrate that expression originated with the judges of the illegal courts in England.

It was cost me the time for Josh to put a black cap on and show the court that he totally evidence in a criminal trial. The camp was a signal that the judge was ready to deliver righties verdict before passing sentence because judges will own admin and respected intellectuals. The cap was referred was a thinking, then the expression took on a broader meaning. By the mid-19th century. Victory is a victory gained two great cost and it's a phrase that comes from the great King purists is only for the right administering the Pyrrhic wall for control of the magna Gracia in one battle in southern Italy 279 BC Pierce defeated the Ryman study suffered severe losses, including most of his principal, does he was later quoted the sign.

Another such victory, and we are lost in that possible on the expression. Victory, which was used figuratively from the light 1800s raining cats and dogs means very hot right knee has a number of potential origins to the seafaring one is the most compelling, according to an ancient Norco me if it was believed that cats had an influence of storms. While dogs are symbol of the wind. This belief was held by the Vikings who done the normal storm gold was frequently shown surrounded by dogs and wolves in this literally silos to believe that it any storm.

The writing was caused by the cats in the wings were brought by the dogs, raining cats and dogs came to mean any heavy rain and wind to read between the lines means to discern the meaning that isn't obvious. It's an expression that draws from the early days of cryptography in the 19th century cryptographic involves encoding messages into seemingly normal text while the first techniques used deposit codes was to write the message on every second line and have an unrelated innocent message across old lines. So when read normally and in its entirety. The story was simple and might Santa did not reveal any code, but it was tiny when the alternate lines will read the card was I able to be deciphered.

If you read the riot act to someone that means your writing them harshly. That's from the 19th century way of reading the riot act would literally happen is starting 1715.

With the riot act which gave British magistrates the authority to label any group of more than 12 people afraid to the piece when such a group gathered a public official would read aloud a section of the rod act which the amount of people immediately disperse themselves and go about their lawful business and you want to remind often one out, was subject to removal by false arrest. This ride act actually remained in effect until 1973. If you say something is the real McCoy assignments authentic or genuine personal think no substitute needs an expression with a number potential origins of being hotly contested by these most cogent theories that derive from man night kid McCoy, which was a name used by Norman Silvey the American welterweight boxer who dominated the sport in the 1890s McCoy had many imitators who would use his name in an attempt to capitalize on his popularity and became so commonplace for kid McCoy impulses Fairgrounds that not many people actually believed it was ever the real kid McCoy then years after you're taught in the closing about when he was challenged by a drunk was much bigger than him. The drunks friend warned not to fight McCoy the drunk didn't believe it was him and provide was limited McCoy knocked the man out with a single blow when he came to the drunk admitted you're right. He's the real McCoy, a red herring is a misleading clue that expression dates from the 19th century.

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Hearings recording right numbers because they were not refrigeration therapist served by smoking disliking process. Turn the fish a reddish-brown color and also dive a pungent odor in an attempt to sabotage a foxhound. People are against this bull would drag a strong spelling red herring across the trial to mislead the hunting dogs in front of them, of the St. the dogs would often follow the center of the red herring instead of the folks and a special thanks to Greg Engler for the production of the piece and Andrew Thompson sharing with us the stories of everyday things. By the way, you can get his book fair of the dog to paint the town red. The curious origins of everyday sayings and fun phrases and Amazon usual suspects. The stories of everyday sayings here on our American stories. Our American stories we bring you inspiring stories of history, sports, business, faith and love stories from a great and beautiful country need to be told we can't do it without you are stories are free to listen to with her not free to make you love are stories in America like we do. Please.

Well American stories.com and click the donate button give a little follow-up. Help us keep the great American stories coming our American stories.com and we continue with our American stories and you are about to hear the story of how one woman shined one of the clearest lights on one of the darkest moments in world history. All in all, it's estimated that around 800 Jews were saved by Corrie 10 boom sister Betsy and the rest of her family's efforts after Holland surrendered to the Nazis.

They Jews in a secret room in their home or bay in Holloman Netherlands near Amsterdam. We like to think vision video for contributing the footage for the story without any further ado, here's oriented and will go down in 1990, nobody did he get the stain out to out nobody delete that in these times each play a role. Even Tiffany or BA, with its been mentioned throughout Annapolis and ancient angles for a change. When the war beast eats gold 16 when uniformed and had told me the beginning we had only five days will then be seen what I know that getting up with all the things that the enemy even doing this normal and good people know the people in all the thought.

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Sometimes when they have to go through the street. Then we gave him ghost that Isis sometimes we have laughed when they had that then they went to girls that Isis in the city but in reality it will remain the daily walk you begins machine you out pretty.

Many Royal flush from their beds will need to shop leave on a limb to Dr. Heem sent one of my friends Mr. his wife concentration camp he still became an movement I took a decision to begin their underground work is hauled in the many good inches in the shop and we always looked any free cocaine no they didn't know it.

We did not talk about it goes outside. We were a small family of thinking about my tool sprints that dog we just played the game the whole family became showing the needed please speak this all made in my fingers contact me and gave the whole house to see the house.

He chose night all made of brick and the secret of that place Wendy started to solid so they didn't find it to show to open up the hiding place and and when they way" that you couldn't see the opening and is the same time each morning you remedies and there were no exceptions to the Nazis succeeded in the dam to become a flash of the deportees of labor surface. Many are two seeing them hold to.

We all move you what we Corrie 10 boom what story she is telling I am old but I know about prison. She started I know what it is like to be behind the door only opens from the outside in those last words were chilling human imagination could not accept the whispered rumors as to what awaited when we come back more Corrie 10 boom story here on our American stories and we continue with the story of Corrie 10 boom's pickup. We last left off 20 years. They're not allowed to have people escaped in Nazi death camps to meet his late in this house 1844 plea for the piece of city but he saw it in any of these fins and it came in this house meeting you late in the same house and the 747 because they had see Jewish people to understand.

I remember that when one by his fans and he said don't have all these Jewish people and how it ended up increasing for you and father said I'm tool place in my but when that happened it to the to me to keep my life for God's ancient and CD happened in these already die in peace for the week.

They put me in a cell with four or five others that he is with. She the patient doctor said I would have to look atrocious. So I sent to show to the confinement they did not want me to infect the others time in my life.

I have no and I knew my life was completely in the hands of the enemy. It could kill me or talk to me hot just for me.

All no no cell phone.Excel in the dark sound. You have to stand became a very thick to have to wait.

Give us a possibility. Each night for me and my footsteps outside my cell I won't ask myself talking kill me once a student with my back against the wall of myself with my hands spread out I would push it away and then I said, locked to stand all of these my faith is not just on ice on and I had seen four days over the floor just mopped the floor with a wet rag the moment and felt water on the stones to a little hole in the ball. He did not stop and went today as we create events, delete delete hiding place quality. Don't look at your face it this week playing with tiny feet of that and don't think of the possibilities of those cool people. I am your high place you can come to me and disappeared into the hole in the wall and stand you peace in my MS 53 years old then and always know about Jesus and now and shortly confinement. I started to really know his light. I have an idea that when we got in half and we then go back and understand many things that I know not to understand that yes can tell you about thousand onset finance but I also can tell you about many onset finance that I said after the date when I was impatient in all that they bring us to a conservation Had to switch over about what happened there but God had other plans. This is Betsy, my sister investing part of the same position that I could see men sleep attend to a big place, and in Holland and then after that we like in books and we worry so many of the people of Western Europe and so many allied Americans, Canadians and Australians taking the fight to the Nazi menace Lord I'm not strong to stand all of this. My faith is not strong. My goodness, the Nazi menace to the test throughout Western Europe. Not sure Western Europe is recovered and in that prayer of God. May they never take us to a concentration camp. But God had other plans when we come back more of the remarkable story of Corrie 10 boom here on our American stories stories. Let's return Corrie 10 I know just called me as I see just not be 10 spent two day for me to date when in front of me for six and then my sister like that plea behind me.

No one even noticed. I state that women will feel my if they had all been working we would have had eight diabetics also deemed to spooked to you the work of God call to you with me but he never knew that I had a meeting twice a day impacts 28 W. filthy with fleas and lice got busted. So you see that the law to aim skills and lice to believe this, that I don't mean to see recent moments of great despair. I remember one night I was outside the backs and beautiful staff's and I said you you guys only stage I of them but you have forgotten Betsy and me and then Betsy said no he does not notice from the bank of the Lord Jesus has said, I am with you always.

Until the end of the world and God he's here with us and we missed the feeling that he and I slowly learn not to test it myself or my faith or my feelings of trust in that testing in feelings and feelings. Cool and deceitful in all the promises from the Bible kept saying was for 96 women who die including the seal became before my eyes.

The smoke from the crematorium.

I think he's over the 700 women only way to solve the problem.

There was a factor in the office so I nice ones but often my face.

Betsy was known 729. I was 6670C 22 house women know became distended, often widening circle" please, please help one and night.

All these now simply the way things were held and of home men and how God acts Betsy seemed to 40 fees in the eye. 100 content about this yet about you, girl, cool effect. Betsy snakes cool. She weighed no more than it can, she could no longer stand feet as the stuff estate to keep her blood flow between end of life seem to be cool. No, nothing between Betsy in the face of pieces.

And I saw a little bit. It's sad. He said when when the Lord takes us close to himself. We see that things more or less from God's point of view inseparably protected but not that there's nothing bad about that trail town that you have been crushed just company the Bible says, take up your cross and follow Jesus and to follow the Lord Jesus means to him. He suffered but he gives a grace to do it. He just days almost the full site suffered in front a lot especially inseparable for the lot because we know that Jesus suffered show for us at the cross boom the morning after Betsy's death. I summoned to the administration backs you sleep.

This release all long set women may each and I saw said that the crowd woman who wouldn't look nice sought has been Betsy came he but I knew when I don't forgive those who have teamed against me and so I gave you ship the broken door.

It was given to us and I said thank you Jesus that you have brought into my hot calls through the Holy Spirit and think you found that that you may see an eye to stop to watch to bring the decision for Jesus Christ. I hated but when the Lord's issue with his job is yes and told Lisa so that he is still Jesus's best means to peace's nicest special thanks to Greg, great job on the production is always treating footage for the story and her 91st birthday April 15, 1983 Corrie 10 boom passed away and was buried in Santa Ana, California on her death. It was noted that in Jewish tradition is only the very blessed people were allowed the special privilege of dying on their birth story. Corrie 10 boom here on our American story switching save with progressive save over $700 on average in the savings and imagine what you could buy 30 years ago to buy tickets to the championship game between the two teams that didn't exist 30 years ago.

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