It is estimated Corrie ten Boom saved 800 Jews’ lives in her time as a member of the Dutch Underground Resistance. Corrie ten Boom was an amazing woman who risked her life and sacrificed comfort for others. Corrie ten Boom was born on April 15, 1892 in Amsterdam, Netherlands to Casper and Cornelia ten Boom. She grew up in Haarlem, in a house they called the ‘Beje’. She grew up with her brother, Willem, her two sisters, Betsie and Nollie, and her three aunts. In 1922, after her mother’s death, Corrie became the first licensed woman watchmaker. When Corrie ten Boom was almost 50, the Netherlands was invaded by the Nazi’s. Jews were being arrested and dragged off to concentration camps. Corrie’s father, Casper, was her role model and influenced…show more content… Her trials began when, “On February 28, 1944, a Dutch informant told the Nazis of the ten Booms' activities and the Gestapo raided the home. They kept the house under surveillance, and by the end of the day 35 people, including the entire ten Boom family, were arrested” (biography.com). The ten Booms knew their work couldn’t last forever. Thankfully they had plans to keep the Jews safe. They valued the safety of the Jews over their own. All 6 ten Booms were arrested. Nollie, Willem, and Willem’s son Peter were all released the next day after they were incarcerated. The recording clerk was willing to release Casper if he promised to stop harboring Jews. Casper refused, saying he could not promise this and would continue helping ‘God’s Chosen People’ until he died. Casper, at age 84, died 10 days after his imprisonment. Corrie and her sister Betsie were the last of the 35 people caught on that day to be left in prison. But even in the horrible camps, they remained true to their God. They continued to spread the words of the Bible to everyone they met in the prison camps they were in. And their God took care of them. Bestie was very sickly and one of the only things keeping her alive was a small bottle of vitamin oil. Corrie wanted to keep all the oil for Betsie but Betsie saw beyond her own needs and insisted Corrie share with others who needed it. Although the oil should have been gone quickly, it seemed there was always one drop left. When someone finally smuggled vitamin pills into the barracks, the oil bottle was empty. After 10 months in the prison camp, Betsie died on December 16, 1944. Corrie was released from the prison camp 12 days later for unknown reasons. She later found out it was a clerical error and her release was a mistake. But her God had saved her again; one week later, all the women prisoners Corrie’s age were killed. After Corrie was released, she turned her old house, the Beje, into a
