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Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (15 April 1892 [1] – 15 April 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, who worked with her father, Casper ten Boom, her sister Betsie ten Boom and other family members to help many Jewish people escape from the Nazis during the Holocaust in World War II by hiding them in her home.
The ten Boom family belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church and believed strongly in the equality of all people before God. Betsie’s brother Willem ten Boom was a minister, [4] and the ten Boom sisters (Betsie, Nollie, and Corrie) had been active in charitable work before the war. [5]
Casper ten Boom (18 May 1859 – 9 March 1944) was a Dutch Christian who helped many Jews and resisters escape the Nazis during the Holocaust of World War II.He is the father of Betsie and Corrie ten Boom, who also aided the Jews and were sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, where Betsie died.
It is a museum dedicated to telling the story of ten Boom's family, which harbored, fed, and found safe houses for as many as 800 Jews during the Nazi takeover of the Netherlands during World War II. [11] After purchasing and restoring the house, Mike Evans created the Corrie ten Boom Fellowship, [12] a Christian Zionist organization.
Ten Boom is a rather uncommon Dutch toponymic surname meaning "at the tree". [1] It may refer to: Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983), author and Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II; Betsie ten Boom (1885–1944), Corrie's sister, also helped hide Jews in their home; Casper ten Boom (1859–1944), father of ...
The Hiding Place is an autobiographical book written by Corrie ten Boom with John and Elizabeth Sherrill. It was published in 1971. The Sherrills came up with the idea for The Hiding Place while doing research for another book of theirs called God's Smuggler. At the time, ten Boom was already in her mid-70s.
The Hiding Place is a 1975 film based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Corrie ten Boom that recounts her and her family's experiences before and during their imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust during World War II. The film was directed by James F. Collier.
Corrie ten Boom (15 April 1892 – 15 April 1983) and her family are actively involved in the Dutch underground, invite the persecuted to live in their home and create a hidden room to conceal them during searches. Hans Poley, a young Christian, is the first guest and benefactor of the ten Boom family's extraordinary hospitality in May 1943. [5]