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Willem ten Boom
An elderly employee of the watch shop. Once an itinerant clock mender, Christoffels settles down in Father’s employ now that his trade is out of fashion and becomes a beloved member of the family. Because he is elderly, physically weak, and relatively powerless, Christoffels is mistreated by a young German apprentice, Otto, whom Father eventually fires. This episode forms Corrie’s first awareness of Nazi Germany’s persecution of vulnerable people.
Christoffels Quotes in The Hiding Place
The The Hiding Place quotes below are all either spoken by Christoffels or refer to Christoffels. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Watch Shop
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Willem shook his head. “It’s very deliberate,” he said. “It’s because Christoffels is old. The old have no value to the State. They’re also harder to train in new ways of thinking. Germany is systematically teaching disrespect for old age.”
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Christoffels Quotes in The Hiding Place
The The Hiding Place quotes below are all either spoken by Christoffels or refer to Christoffels. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
The Watch Shop
Quotes
Willem shook his head. “It’s very deliberate,” he said. “It’s because Christoffels is old. The old have no value to the State. They’re also harder to train in new ways of thinking. Germany is systematically teaching disrespect for old age.”
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