Corrie Ten Boom Quotes


I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.


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Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom
  • Born: April 15, 1892
  • Died: April 15, 1983
  • Nationality: Dutch
  • Profession: Writer, Watchmaker

Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom was a Dutch Christian watchmaker and later a writer who worked with her father, Casper ten Boom, her sister Betsie ten Boom and other family members to help many Jews escape from the Nazis during the Holocaust in World War II by hiding them in her home. She believed her actions were following the will of God. They were caught, and she was arrested and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Her most famous book, The Hiding Place, is a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she found and shared hope in God while she was imprisoned at the concentration camp.