Corrie ten boom

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Corrie ten Boom (ca.1921)

Corrie ten Boom , actually Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom (born April 15, 1892 in Amsterdam ; † April 15, 1983 in Placentia , California ), was a Dutch Christian who saved the Jews and founded an underground organization during the Nazi German occupation of the Netherlands who saved numerous Jews from the Holocaust . For this she was later awarded the honorary title Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial .

Life

Parents home in Haarlem

Her father ran a watchmaker's shop in Haarlem , where Corrie ten Boom grew up in a large family. Corrie trained as a watchmaker in Basel in 1920 and was the first woman in the Netherlands to receive a watchmaker's diploma in 1924. The parents and the aunts living in the house were committed members of the Dutch Reformed Church with many friendly connections to Jews, whom the father especially loved as “God's ancient people”. Corrie ten Boom remained unmarried and worked in her father's watchmaking business before the Second World War . She also worked in the Sunday school of her parish, for which she trained as a religion teacher in addition to working in her parents' business.

When the war reached the Netherlands in 1940 and the German occupiers wanted to deport all Jews to the concentration camps, Corrie ten Boom and her family hid and looked after several Jewish families in their house behind a shed. This went well for a year and a half, although it was becoming increasingly difficult to get enough food for everyone. In April 1944, Corrie ten Boom was set up by a collaborator , she and her family were denounced and arrested. Finally Corrie ten Boom was deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp together with her sister . Unlike her sister Betsie ten Boom, she survived the ordeal. With a Bible that she was able to smuggle in past the control when she was admitted to the camp, she secretly held Bible lessons in the camp to strengthen the will of many fellow prisoners to survive.

After the war Corrie ten Boom founded rehabilitation centers for the victims of the National Socialist tyranny and campaigned for reconciliation between victims and perpetrators. She preached not only in the Netherlands, but also in Germany and in over 60 other countries. Her central theme was forgiveness , which is only possible with God's help. She wrote some books; Her autobiography The Refuge (original: De Schuilplaats ) was filmed in 1975 by James F. Collier under the title The Hiding Place .

Corrie ten Boom was knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands in recognition of her selfless service during World War II. Her parents' house is now the Corrie ten Boom Museum and has been restored to its 1944 state for visitors, so that the hiding place behind a false wall in her former bedroom, where Jews and members of the Dutch underground movement were housed, can be viewed.

Quotes

  • "Some people trust the Lord to save their souls, but not that He will take care of their daily lives."
  • "Those who care take God's responsibility on their shoulders."
  • "Worrying does not take away any of its suffering in the morning, but it robs today of the strength."
  • "The Bible is like a bank - it is most helpful when it is open."
  • "When God measures a person, he does not put the measuring tape around his head, but around his heart."
  • "Faith is not blind assumption - faith is trust with sight."
  • “When we bring our guilt to God, he takes it and sinks it in the sea where it is deepest. And on the bank he puts up a sign that says: 'No fishing!' "

Works (selection)

  • The refuge . R. Brockhaus Verlag .
  • A man of God - father ten boom . R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1981, life story of the father of Corrie ten Boom.
  • Safe in him . R. Brockhaus Verlag.
  • Rejoice, the best is yet to come . R. Brockhaus Verlag.
  • On the way with Corrie . Hänssler publishing house .
  • With God through thick and thin . Hänssler publishing house.
  • This is the day . Hänssler publishing house.
  • How He carries us . Hänssler publishing house.
  • God means well . Hänssler publishing house.
  • Forgive . Hänssler publishing house.
  • Jesus is victor . R. Brockhaus Verlag.
  • Full of love . Hänssler publishing house.
  • Small house with open doors . R. Brockhaus Verlag.
  • Still . Verlag Sonne und Schild, Wuppertal 1957, story about the hiding of Jews in the house of ten Booms, the arrest of the ten Booms family and the time in prison in Scheveningen, in the Herzogenbusch concentration camp (Dutch: Kamp Vught) and in the Ravensbrück concentration camp , the only Corrie survived the th boom.
  • Hello brother . R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1958.
  • World travelers on behalf of God . R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1961.
  • Many questions? Only one answer! . R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1962.
  • At the center of his will . R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1975.
  • Prison letters . R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1976.
  • He sets prisoners free . R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1979.
  • For you are with me . R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1979.
  • A tramp finds a home. Hänssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1980.

Film adaptations

  • The Refuge (1975), directed by James F. Collier - tells the story of the ten Boom family primarily from Corrie's point of view
  • Your Kingdom Come (2011), directed by Peter C. Spencer
  • The Mysterious Watch Store - The Story of Corrie ten Boom (2015), 32-minute cartoon, director: Robert Fernandez

literature

  • Halcyon Backhouse: Corrie Ten Boom ("People Who Lived the Faith" series). Wuppertal 1992. (small illustrated book)
  • Carole C. Carlson: Corrie ten Boom. God's happy servant , Hänssler-Verlag, Holzgerlingen 1999. ISBN 9783775132961 .
  • Hildegard Horie, The secret room - Corrie ten Boom and their refuge , Esras.net, Niederbüren, 2017. ISBN 978-3-9058-9997-9 .
  • Elisabeth Stiefel: You were a mess. Women in resistance. Francke , Marburg 2015. ISBN 9783868274936 (including a chapter on C. t. B.)

Web links

Commons : Corrie ten Boom  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ http://corrietenboommuseum.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/who-was-corrie-ten-boom/
  2. ↑ Corrie ten Boom on the Yad Vashem website (English)
  3. ↑ Watch Wiki: Corrie ten Boom  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / watch-wiki.de  
  4. ↑ The "Tramp Lady of God" - On the 25th anniversary of Corrie ten Boom's death , www.glaube24.de, accessed on April 15, 2008
  5. ↑ moviepilot.de
  6. ↑ amazon.de
personal data
SURNAME Boom, Corrie ten
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ten Boom, Cornelia Johanna Arnolda (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Christian, Righteous Among the Nations
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1983
Place of death Placentia , California