Ten Boom Museum
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The Ten Boom Museum is a museum dedicated to The Hiding Place, the subject of a book by Corrie ten Boom
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The Ten Boom family ran a watch shop (horlogerie) on the corner of an alleyway and the main shopping street of Haarlem
, the Netherlands. During the Nazi occupation of Haarlem starting in 1942, they provided safe harbour for Jews and other underground refugees in a hiding place they built upstairs. Due to their large social network in church charities and watchmaker circles, the family was quite successful in smuggling refugees until being betrayed on February 28, 1944. In the alleyway they placed a small triangular sign to indicate that the coast was clear. After betrayal, the Nazis were able to collect many more prisoners by leaving this triangle in the window.
Casper ten Boom
, their father, died on March 9, less than 2 weeks later in Scheveningen Prison, aged 85. Betsie ten Boom
died on December 16 in Ravensbrück
, aged 59. Willem died on December 16, 1946, in Hilversum
, aged 59. His son Christian died sometime in April 1945, aged 25. Corrie ten Boom survived Ravensbrück concentration camp and returned to Haarlem and the watch shop. She died in 1983 on her 91st birthday. She wrote several books about her experiences, and this museum opened on her birthday in 1988.
The museum is open from 10.00 to 15.30, Tuesday to Saturday.
Corrie ten Boom
Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boom was a Dutch Christian, who with her father and other family members helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. Her family was arrested due to an informant in 1944, and her father died 10 days later at Scheveningen prison where they were first held...
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The Ten Boom family ran a watch shop (horlogerie) on the corner of an alleyway and the main shopping street of Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
, the Netherlands. During the Nazi occupation of Haarlem starting in 1942, they provided safe harbour for Jews and other underground refugees in a hiding place they built upstairs. Due to their large social network in church charities and watchmaker circles, the family was quite successful in smuggling refugees until being betrayed on February 28, 1944. In the alleyway they placed a small triangular sign to indicate that the coast was clear. After betrayal, the Nazis were able to collect many more prisoners by leaving this triangle in the window.
Casper ten Boom
Casper ten Boom
Casper ten Boom was a Dutch Christian who helped many Jews and resisters escape the Nazis during the Holocaust of World War II. He is the father of Betsie and Corrie ten Boom, who also aided the Jews and were sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp; only Corrie survived...
, their father, died on March 9, less than 2 weeks later in Scheveningen Prison, aged 85. Betsie ten Boom
Betsie ten Boom
Elisabeth ten Boom was 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...
died on December 16 in Ravensbrück
Ravensbrück concentration camp
Ravensbrück was a notorious women's concentration camp during World War II, located in northern Germany, 90 km north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück ....
, aged 59. Willem died on December 16, 1946, in Hilversum
Hilversum
is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called "'t Gooi", it is the largest town in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller villages...
, aged 59. His son Christian died sometime in April 1945, aged 25. Corrie ten Boom survived Ravensbrück concentration camp and returned to Haarlem and the watch shop. She died in 1983 on her 91st birthday. She wrote several books about her experiences, and this museum opened on her birthday in 1988.
The museum is open from 10.00 to 15.30, Tuesday to Saturday.