Betsie ten Boom

If you had diabetes back in the 1900's you had to check your blood sugar every week by boiling your blood on the stove. If the boiling blood turned black, you knew you were going to die soon. Corrie Ten Boom was the first licensed women watchmaker in Holland. Before Holland was invaded, they remained neutral in the war. However, when Holland got bombed by Germany they surrendered quickly after. After Holland was invaded, the citizen’s curfew was 10 pm, they had to turn in their radios, and…

Annotated Bibliography: The Hiding Place. Corrie Ten Boom. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/corrie-ten-boom. Accessed 12 Feb. 2024. Corrie Ten Boom was known for her efforts to hide Jews during the German occupation in the Netherlands. She was born April 15, 1892, and was the youngest of four. She was able to receive recognition for her efforts by the Yad Vashem Remembrance Authority, being forever remembered as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in December of 1967. Her…

Cornelia “Corrie” ten Boom was born in Haarlem, Netherlands, on April 15, 1892. She was the youngest of 4 siblings (two sisters and a brother.) her father, Casper ten Boom, was a renowned jeweler and watchmaker. Corrie became Holland’s first female watchmaker. After Corrie’s mother passed away from heart failure, Corrie busied herself with helping her father in the shop and she started a girl’s youth club in which she taught Bible, crafts, sewing, and performing arts. In 1940, the ten Boom way…

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…

their strength in their faith, Corrie kept belief while Eliezer did not. Corrie and Elie also had a different view of situations, Eliezer loses while Corrie continued a strong bond with God. This is shown when the characters, Eliezer’s father and Betsie, Corrie’s old sister, pass, Corrie is able to recognize…

have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” Once said English writer John Bunyan. In the book The Hiding Place, everyone agrees that Jews were being taken by the Germans, but some people believe Corrie Ten Boom should have hidden Jews while others believe Corrie should not have hidden Jews. Corrie should have hid Jews for three reasons; opinions, actions and relatives. The first reason Corrie should have hid jews is because of opinions. When Corrie…