Corrie Ten Boom Case Study

Cornelia or “Corrie” Ten Boom was a remarkable woman who exemplified every quality of a hero however excelled in compassion and forgiveness. She was born in Amsterdam in 1892, and raised in Harlem, The Netherlands. Her Parents Casper and Cornelia had 4 children. The home Corrie grew up in was an odd house architecturally, but religiously, it was deeply rooted in the Calvinist Christian teachings of the church. The physical home was a combination of two buildings renovated into one and because the initial dwellings were uneven it made for an odd sense of direction once inside, which little did they know at the time, would assist them in their family calling during the second Great War.
The Ten Boom family was very enthusiastic with thorough Christian values and teachings. Corrie’s Parents were dedicated Calvinist Christians and raised their family to the same moral code. Corrie was from a young age, very devoted to the elderly and handicapped, she cared for her aunts and mother as they became ill and bedridden nurturing them until their deaths. …show more content…
The legacy of the sacrifice of her father and sister would survive through Corrie’s faithfulness and compassion. Her duty to others would drive her every day to help, her integrity and courage would inspire others as generations would come to live because of the heroism of this woman and her family. The choices they had and the choice they made to not sit passively or idly by and watch the atrocities happening around them with fear. The Ten Boom family would act of the teachings of their faith and create a powerful resistance capable of saving hundreds of lives during the Holocaust. Corrie was received into the righteous among Nations as a gentile who had a choice and still risked her life to save Jews in Holland on December 12,