Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983)
Author of The Hiding Place
About the Author
Corrie ten Boom was a writer and historian. She was born in the Netherlands in 1892. In February of 1944, an informer turned the ten Boom family in to the Gestapo for hiding Jews in their watch and clock shop. Six family members and 30 friends were arrested. Casper, Betsie, and Christiaan ten Boom show more died as prisoners. Because of a clerical error, Corrie Ten Boom was released, one week before all the women her age were killed. ten Boom went on to tell her message of survival for the next 32 years in countries throughout the world. Her story became both a book and a movie titled The Hiding Place. Ten Boom died on April 15, 1983. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Corrie ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom Omnibus: "Hiding Place", "In My Father's House", "Tramp for the Lord" (1971) 30 copies
Corrie: Ein Mann Gottes /Dennoch /Gefängnisbriefe /Viele Fragen - nur eine Antwort /Die Zuflucht /Hallo Bruder… (1997) 5 copies
The Alliance Witness Reader - A Sampler of Recent Articles Published in the Alliance Witness (1975) 3 copies
Leven in vreugde 3 copies
Jesus ist Sieger : d. Training d. Gemeinde in d. Endzeit ; Anh.: Besiegte Feinde, vom Kampf gegen d. okkulten Mächte (1995) 2 copies
The Other Side Of Amin Dada 2 copies
Heiligmaking 2 copies
Corrie Ten Boom Her Story 2 copies
Iedere dag nieuw 2 copies
Nu Eu, Ci Cristos 2 copies
Spiegel van Gods heerlijkheid : radio-toespraken (vele nooit eerder gepubliceerd) van Corrie ten Boom 1 copy
Overgave 1 copy
Gömstället 1 copy
My Unforgettable Christmas 1 copy
Mision ineludible 1 copy
He Sets The Captives Free 1 copy
He Sets the Captives Free 1 copy
Tramp for the Lord Paperback 1 copy
Jesus is Victor paperback 1 copy
TÄNÄ PÄIVÄNÄ 1 copy
Tramp for the Lord 1 copy
Geloof 1 copy
Victoire á Ravensbrück 1 copy
Vertrouwen 1 copy
He Sets the Captives Free 1 copy
Refugiul 1 copy
Landstryker for Herren 1 copy
An Ocean of Love #01520 1 copy
God's Garden #01521 AUDIO 1 copy
Jesus is Victor 1 copy
Menetrend 1 copy
Thank Him For The Fleas? 1 copy
Istennel mindenen át 1 copy
Gott macht keine Fehler 1 copy
Associated Works
Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit (Chicken Soup for the Soul) (1997) — Contributor, some editions — 1,299 copies, 4 reviews
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- Canonical name
- ten Boom, Corrie
- Legal name
- ten Boom, Cornelia Arnolda Johanna
- Other names
- Тен Боом, Корри
- Birthdate
- 1892-04-15
- Date of death
- 1983-04-15
- Burial location
- Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, California, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Netherlands (birth)
USA (naturalized) - Birthplace
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Place of death
- Placentia, California, USA
- Cause of death
- 3 strokes
- Places of residence
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Haarlem, Netherlands
Herzogenbusch concentration camp
Ravensbrück concentration camp
California, USA
Scheveningen, Netherlands - Education
- Primary and secondary school
- Occupations
- watchmaker
bookkeeper
evangelist
writer - Organizations
- Triangle club
- Awards and honors
- Righteous among the Nations
Knighthood (by the Queen of the Netherlands) - Short biography
- Corrie ten Boom was born on 15 April 1892 to a working-class family in Amsterdam, Netherlands, near Haarlem. Named after her mother, Cornelia, but known as Corrie all her life, she was the youngest child of Casper ten Boom, a jeweler and watchmaker. Her father was fascinated by the craft of watchmaking and often became so engrossed in his work that he forgot to charge customers for his services. Corrie had three older siblings: Betsie, Willem, and Nollie. Her three maternal aunts, Tante Bep, Tante Jans, and Tante Anna, lived with the family.
She trained to be a watchmaker herself, and in 1922, she became the first woman to be licensed as a watchmaker in The Netherlands. Over the next decade, in addition to working in her father's shop, she established a youth club for teenage girls, which provided religious instruction and classes in the performing arts, sewing, and handicrafts. She and her family were Calvinist Christians in the Dutch Reformed Church, and their faith inspired them to serve their society, which they did by offering shelter, food and money to those who were in need.
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