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A Dutch collaborator with the Gestapo who helps expose several resistance organizations, including Corrie’s. During her time in the concentration camps, Corrie often feels uncontrollable anger when thinking about Vogel, but when she admits this to Betsie, her sister says that she pities his moral suffering and regularly prays for him. The sisters’ different reactions highlight Betsie’s extraordinary ability to forgive people who have harmed her, and informs the message of forgiveness and reconciliation that Corrie preaches after the war’s end.
Jan Vogel Quotes in The Hiding Place
The The Hiding Place quotes below are all either spoken by Jan Vogel or refer to Jan Vogel. 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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“Betsie, don’t you feel anything about Jan Vogel? Doesn’t it bother you?”
“Oh yes, Corrie! Terribly! I’ve felt for him ever since I knew—and pray for him whenever his name comes into my mind. How dreadfully he must be suffering!”
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While they are imprisoned in the Vught concentration camp, Betsie and Corrie learn the identity of the spy who betrayed them from another prisoner. Knowing that the duplicity of a specific person has ended her work and caused pointless suffering makes Corrie furious, unable to concentrate or even pray sincerely. However, as she discovers here Betsie seems unconcerned with Jan Vogel’s misdeeds and more worried about his own moral sufferings. In this passage, Betsie’s lack of bitterness or vengeful thoughts becomes clear; although Corrie finds it hard to emulate, her sister’s insistence on forgiveness becomes central to her own beliefs Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor
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Jan Vogel Character Timeline in The Hiding Place
The timeline below shows where the character Jan Vogel appears in The Hiding Place. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Vught
...man who asked Corrie for the bribe to free his wife is a Gestapo spy, Jan Vogel . Originally working in Ermelo, he became too well-known there and eventually moved to Haarlem.
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...and the life-saving work that has now ground to a halt. She feels that if Jan Vogel were to appear before her, she could kill him. That night she feels unable to...
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All week Corrie feels sick over Jan Vogel ’s betrayal. However, when she discusses this with Betsie, she’s astonished to see that her...
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...in her bunk, feeling admiration for Betsie’s extraordinary compassion. Eventually, she realizes that she, like Jan Vogel , is guilty before God, having “murdered him with my heart and with my tongue.”...
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