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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.
On screen, George (billed as Jeannette Clift) [6] was best known for her role as Corrie ten Boom in the 1975 film, The Hiding Place. The film recounted the real-life story of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch Christian woman who hid and rescued Jews from the Nazis during the German occupation of the Netherlands.
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.
Corrie ten Boom, John and Elizabeth Sherrill (1971). The Hiding Place. Guideposts Associates. Demos Shakarian, John and Elizabeth Sherrill (1975). The Happiest People on Earth. Steward Press. Brother Andrew; Sherrill, John & Sherrill, Elizabeth (2001). God's Smuggler. Chosen Books. ISBN 0-8007-9301-3.
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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.
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] During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands , the family began to hide numerous Jews and resisters in their home and built a secret room to protect them.
Ten Boom Museum on the Barteljorisstraat in Haarlem. It is a 17th-century house with a neck gable facade. The Ten Boom Museum is a museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands, dedicated to The Hiding Place, the subject of a book by Corrie ten Boom. The house where the museum is located was purchased and restored in 1983 by the Corrie ten Boom Fellowship ...