One of my favorite quotes is from Corrie ten Boom, which is a great reminder of the source of her courage. She liked to say: “Look to others, be distressed. Look to self, be depressed.

The Ten Boom family home in Haarlem, Holland, was a safe house for those hunted by the Nazis in the brutal days of 1943 and 1944. By some estimates, Corrie, her father, Casper, and her sister ...

I am a thanking fool. I’m Corrie ten Boom, thanking God for the fleas. I’m the Pilgrims. I’m Padre Pio and St. Francis in an ecstasy of gratitude that only increases with my physical pain!

A bestselling, ghostwritten 1971 memoir, The Hiding Place, later made into a film and a stage musical, told Corrie ten Boom’s story. She also chronicled her life in other books.

For those who don’t know, Corrie and Betsie ten Boom lived in the 1940s; they hid Jews in their home in the Netherlands during the Holocaust. They were caught and sent to a concentration camp.

Corrie’s father, Casper ten Boom, 84, died in prison 10 days after his arrest. One of her older sisters, Betsie ten Boom, 59, died in the Ravensbruck concentration camp where they both lived ...

She still forgave them Corrie Ten Boom and her family saved more than 800 Jewish refugees. The Nazis retaliated By A.S. Peterson Fox News Published July 22, 2023 10:00am EDT Flipboard ...

This is why I’m very happy that the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., has created a special exhibit this summer to honor Corrie ten Boom.

Around 800 Jews got saved in WW2 Holland by Ten Boom’s efforts. Corrie Ten Boom died aged 91, on April 15th, 1983… the same calendar date as her birth, April of 15th.

One of my favorite quotes is from Corrie ten Boom, which is a great reminder of the source of her courage. She liked to say: “Look to others, be distressed. Look to self, be depressed.