This week in Christian history: Voice of the Martyrs leader found dead, Edict of Nantes signed, Corrie ten Boom born
Corrie ten Boom born – April 15, 1892
This week marks the anniversary of when Corrie ten Boom, the Dutch watchmaker and devout Christian who famously helped save several hundred Jews from the Holocaust, was born.
Born Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom in Haarlem, Netherlands, ten Boom and her family were members of the Dutch Reformed Church who helped to shelter Jews during the Nazi occupation of the Low Countries.
In 1944, the Gestapo raided the family home and sent ten Boom and her sister, Betsie, to a concentration camp, where her sibling died. Corrie was later released.
“She received many tributes during her lifetime, including being knighted by the queen of the Netherlands,” noted Biography.com.
“The Yad Vashem Remembrance Authority honored ten Boom in December 1967 as one of the Righteous Among the Nations, or non-Jewish individuals who risked their lives to help Jews during the Holocaust.”
In 1971, ten Boom wrote the bestselling memoir The Hiding Place, which was about her experiences in World War II. It was later adapted to both stage and screen.
