On 28 February, 1944 the ten Booms were arrested. Corrie's father was then 84. He died ten days after his arrest. ... "Don't tell me any more," said Corrie. "It wouldn't be safe."; A few days later Fred Koornstra called at the watch shop. He had a black eye and some bruises. The "robbery" had been very true to life!
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Cornelia Johanna Arnolda ten Boom , generally known as Corrie ten Boom , (April 15 1892 – April 15 1983) was a Dutch Christian Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape the Nazis during World ...
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Announcing a very special new book, A VISIT TO THE HIDING PLACE: THE LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES OF CORRIE TEN BOOM. This is the most complete book ever written about Corrie and her family. It contains over 200 photographs (many in color) and the inspiring story of Corrie's life, told primarily in her own words.
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It is amazing that there are photographs of the Ten Booms with their “extended family”, Jews and underground workers, all in hiding in their home. Many of these photographs are on display in the museum. The Corrie ten Boom Foundation is grateful to Hans Poley for these photographs.
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Essential facts about Corrie ten Boom, as well as a very extensive reading list!  ; ... Born April 15, 1892, in Amsterdam, Holland. Youngest of 3 sisters, 1 brother. Father: watchmaker. Raised in Dutch Reformed church. Well schooled. Both parents lived into adulthood. Childhood distinctions: tomboyish, stubborn.
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And then we would hear the life-giving words passed back along the aisles in French, Polish, Russian, Czech, and back into Dutch. They were little previews of heaven, these evenings beneath the light bulb" (Ten Boom 1971, p. 201) ... They will listen to us, Corrie, because we have been here." (Ten Boom, 1971, p. 217)
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The ten Booms knew many Jewish families in their neighborhood; Corrie's brother, Willem, had become a ... In 1977, Corrie Ten Boom, then 85 years old, moved to Orange, California. Successive strokes in 1978 took away her powers of speech and communication and left her an invalid for the last five years of her life.
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Gradually life changed for the old watchmaker and his family. The streets of Haarlem, the Dutch town where they ... Corrie recognised an old friend of her father's among the underground workers. The ten Booms called him Pickwick because he reminded them of a picture of a character in Charles Dickens' book Pickwick Papers.
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;; Home; Life Before the War; Life Under Occupation; The Ten Booms Discovered; Prison:Schvengenin; LIfe at the Concentration Camp; Contributions After the War;
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Once again, the Ten Booms were loaded onto a van and headed for a prison--Scheveningen. Corrie and Betsie were separated from their father in another part of the prison. Corrie was still sick from the flu, so she was placed in solitary ... Corrie Ten Boom risked her life to help hundreds of Jews escape during WWII.
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