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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]
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.
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.
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.
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
Among the survivors of Ravensbrück was author Corrie ten Boom, arrested with her family for harbouring Jews in their home in Haarlem, the Netherlands. She documented her ordeal alongside her sister Betsie ten Boom in her book The Hiding Place, which was eventually produced as a motion picture.
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.
Weren't there only four ten Boom children, Wilhelm, Nollie, Corrie and Betsie? Am I forgetting someone? Czolgolz 15:41, 1 January 2008 (UTC) There were 5 children. Betsie, Willem, Hendrik (he died at 6 months and isn't mentioned much in Corrie's writing), Nollie, and Corrie. Did you write the museum??talk 7:15, 1 January 2008