Carrie+Ten+Boom


 * Corrie ten Boom**

Sarah K. > In 1922 she became the first women watchmaker licensed in Holland
 * Background on Corrie ten Boom and her family**
 * [[image:tenboom.jpg width="155" height="169" align="left"]] Corrie was born April 15,1892, in [|Amsterdam, Holland]
 * The youngest of 3 sister and 1 brother
 * Lived with parents,siblings, and 3 aunt
 * Never married
 * **About the hiding place**
 * Corrie and her family hid Jews in their home/shop
 * Corrie had a fake wall constructed in her bedroom where people could hide
 * Usually 6-7 people illegally living in their home
 * Her family's home developed into the center of an underground ring that reached throughout Holland
 * Saved an estimated 800 Jews
 * On Feb.28, 1944 a man came into their shop and asked for money to free his wife. He left and reported them to the German police.
 * **Prison**
 * The whole Ten Boom family was arrested; the Jewish people hiding in their home were able to make it to the secret room in time and later were able to escape to new quarters
 * the were held at the pe in Scheveninger
 * Gestapo released all but 3 of the Ten Boom: Corrie, Betsie, and their father, Chasper
 * Chasper died in a hospital corridor, ten days after thier arrest
 * Betsie and Corrie were transferred to the Vaught political concentration camp, and then the Ravensbruck concentration camp
 * Ravensbruck was were Betsie died in Dec. 16, 1944
 * Corrie was released from prison soon after Betsie's death. Her release was an error; all the women prisoners her age died the week after her release
 * **Post-war**
 * After Corrie's release, she traveled back to the Netherlands. She returned to Germany in 1946.
 * She spent her last years [|writing books] and travling around the world preaching with people such as Billy Graham
 * She died on April,.15,1983 on her 91st birthday