Corrie ten Boom, a strong and compassionate concentration camp survivor, became the best-selling author of The Hideout. Helping many Jews, even though they were Christians, the ten Booms saved over 800 Jewish lives from deportation and arrest. Ms Corrie ten Boom supported Jews, saved lives and wrote books about her experiences. Cornelia Arnold Johanna ten Boom was born to Casper and Cornelia ten Boom on April 15, 1892 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. She was the youngest of two sisters, Betsie and Nollie, and a brother, Willem. She grew up above her father's watch shop and lived there before the outbreak of World War II. Before the outbreak of war, he obtained his watchmaking license in 1922. Over the next ten years she created a youth club specifically for teenage girls. When the war broke out, Holland chose to be neutral as in the past, but when it broke out bombed by Germany (Biography Corrie Ten Boom), it became part of the allies. Due to the bombings, the royal family fled to several countries. The queen fled to England; the crowned princess fled to Canada. The queen represented a sense of security for the Dutch. Many changes occurred (Carlson, 74). The Germans forced Jews to wear yellow stars and imposed a bicycle ban; the bike lockout resulted in no bikes or tires on the bike. In addition to this, each attack on a German soldier resulted in the killing of a minimum of ten innocent civilians (Carlson, 75-76). The Beje, nickname for narrow and narrow house, was a network of safe houses in the country that formed when Casper, a Christian man, became interested in the Jewish community and its ways. It was also a place of business and a home for the family (Carlson, 25). Through Beje, Corrie, the leader, and his family said...... middle of paper...... The hideout, and received many tributes. She moved to California in her later years. Suffering stroke, the effects left her paralyzed and mute. His birthday was also the day of his death; she died at 91 (Corrie ten Boom Biography). After his death, his legacy lived on. In 1987, his original house was purchased by the Corrie ten Boom Foundation to be turned into a museum. The following year it was opened to the public with free admission. The showroom includes rooms with related furniture, objects and family portraits. If your watch is broken, you can go to the watchmaker's shop on the ground floor (Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch savior). Corrie ten Boom was an amazing person who kept an open mind and forgave the Germans. Corrie ten Boom, a strong and compassionate concentration camp survivor, became the best-selling author of The Hiding Place.