Corrie Ten Boom Short Story

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Corrie ten Boom, strong and compassionate concentration camp survivor, became a best-selling author of the book, The Hiding Place. Helping many Jews, despite being Christian, the ten Booms saved over 800 Jewish lives from deportation and arrest. Ms. Corrie ten Boom supported Jews, saved lives, and wrote books about her experiences.
Cornelia Arnold Johanna ten Boom was born to Casper and Cornelia ten Boom on April 15, 1892 in Haarlem, Netherlands. She was the younger than two sisters, Betsie and Nollie, and one brother, Willem. She grew up above her father’s watch shop and lived there before World War II broke out. Before the war started, she was licensed as a watch matcher in 1922. In the following ten years, she created a youth club specifically for teenage girls.
When war broke out, Holland chose to be neutral like in the past, but when it was bombed by Germany (Corrie Ten Boom Biography), it became part of the allies. Due to the bombing, the royal family fled to different countries. The Queen fled to England; the Crowned Princess fled to Canada. The Queen was a sense of security to the Dutch. Many changes came about (Carlson, 74). The Germans forced Jews to wear yellow stars and enforced the Bicycle Blockade; the Bicycle Blockade resulted in no bicycles or no tires on the bicycle. In addition to that, each attack on a German soldier resulted in shooting a minimum of ten, innocent civilians (Carlson, 75-76).
The Beje, a nickname for narrow, cramped house, was a network of safe house in the country which formed when Casper, a Christian man, became interested in the Jewish community and their ways. It was also a place for business and a home for the family (Carlson, 25). Through the Beje, Corrie, the leader, and her family sa...

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... The Hiding Place, and received many tributes. She moved to California in her later years. Suffering strokes, the effects left her paralyzed and mute. Her birthday was also the day of her death; she died at 91 years old (Corrie ten Boom Biography). After her death, her legacy lived on. In 1987, her original home was bought by the Corrie ten Boom Foundation to be transformed into a museum. In the following year, it was opened to the public with free admittance. The showroom includes rooms with their furniture, objects, and family portraits. If your watch is broken, you can go to the watch maker shop on the ground floor (Corrie Ten Boom, a Dutch Savior).
Corrie ten Boom was an amazing person who kept an open mind and forgave the Germans.
Corrie ten Boom, strong and compassionate concentration camp survivor, became a best-selling author of the book, The Hiding Place.

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