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Corrie ten Boom
Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker and writer who helped many Jewish people escape from the Nazis during World War II. She hid Jews in a hiding place in their home. Her family got caught and sent to concentration camps. Corrie survived and travelled the world to tell her story.
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To forgive is to set a prisoner free and to discover the prisoner was you.
PersonalDetails
Born:
April 15, 1892 in Haarlem, Netherlands
Died:
April 15, 1983 (aged 91) in Placentia, California, United States (stroke)
Family:
Casper ten Boom (father), Cornelia ten Boom-Luitingh (mother), Betsie ten Boom (sister), Willem ten Boom (brother), Nollie van Woerden (sister)
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