"There is no pit so deep that He [God] is not deeper still."- Betsie Ten Boom
Unit 1012
will honor and always remember Betsie Ten Boom, every year on December 16, as
she passed away at the age of 59 on that date in 1944. We will remember and
honor her for saving the lives of many Jews during World War II and she
rightfully deserves to be recognized by the State of Israel as Righteous among the Nations. Her story should be
an inspiration for us to support victims’ rights and defend the use of the
death penalty by speaking out against evil and saving lives.
We will
post information about her from Wikipedia and other links.
Betsie Ten Boom the Eldest daughter of Casper
and Cornelia ten Boom
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Born
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Elisabeth
ten Boom
19 August 1885 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Died
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16
December 1944
Ravensbruck Concentration Camp, Germany |
Cause of
death
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Pernicious
anemia
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Resting
place
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Ravensbruck
Concentration Camp, Germany
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Residence
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Nationality
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Other names
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Known
by family as Bep, Beppie
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Education
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Through
local secondary school
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Occupation
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Bookkeeper,
homemaker
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Employer
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Father,
Casper
ten Boom
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Known for
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Home town
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Amsterdam
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Religion
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Dutch
Calvinist Christian
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Parents
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Casper
ten Boom and Cornelia ten Boom
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Website
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Elisabeth ten Boom (1885–1944) was a Dutch
woman, the daughter of a watchmaker, who suffered persecution under the Nazi
regime in World War II, including incarceration in Ravensbrück concentration
camp, where she died aged 59. The daughter of Casper ten Boom, she is one of
the leading characters in The Hiding Place, a book written by her sister
Corrie ten Boom about the family's experiences during World War II. Nicknamed
Betsie, she suffered with pernicious anemia from her birth. The oldest of five ten
Boom children, she did not leave the family and marry, but remained at home
until World War II.
Congenital
pernicious anemia
Ten Boom suffered with a case of
pernicious anemia. This case is believed to be caused by a malfunction of the
gastric juices of intrinsic factor during the nine weeks before birth. Her
illness prevented her from bearing children, so she chose, at a young age, not
to marry.
Career and
education
Ten Boom was educated in the local
primary and secondary school until the age of 15. She remained at home to work
with her father in his watchshop where she served as the bookkeeper. She also
cooked for their family.
Her younger sister Corrie later took
over the bookkeeping role when ten Boom caught influenza. Ten Boom then began
housekeeping and continued to do so until her Nazi detention.
1940-1944
The ten Boom family belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church and believed strongly
in the equality of all people before God. One of the brothers was a minister
and the sisters had been active in charitable work before the war. During the Nazi occupation of the
Netherlands, the family began to hide numerous Jews and resisters in their
home, and built a secret room to protect them.
In 1944, the family and other people
at the house, about 30 in all, were arrested for their resistance activities
and taken to Scheveningen prison. The six Jews in hiding at the house
were not discovered and survived, with the help of other Resistance workers.
Father Casper ten Boom became ill and died 10 days later
at the prison. A brother, sister and nephew were released.
In June, 1944, ten Boom and her sister
Corrie
were sent to Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. Ten
Boom's strong faith in God
kept her from depression throughout her life and especially within the camps.
Corrie told of how ten Boom reached out to help others and helped Corrie to see
the best in everything, no matter what the circumstance.
Before her death, ten Boom experienced
three visions from God about what she and Corrie were to do after their
release. She believed they would be released by the New Year. Her first vision
was of a house for former prisoners. The second was to own a concentration camp
where they could teach Germans to learn to love again. The third was that she
and Corrie would travel the world telling what they had learned of God while in
the camps. ten Boom died in Ravensbruck on 16 December 1944, at the age of 59.
Her sister Corrie was released due to a clerical error, and went on to set up
the projects that ten Boom had seen in her visions including traveling the
world to speak about her faith.
Ten Boom and her father, Casper, were
honored by the State of Israel in 2008 as Righteous Among the Nations.
Her sister Corrie had been honored previously.
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