Elisabeth ten Boom

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Elisabeth ten Boom

Also Known As: "Betsie"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Haarlem, NH, Netherlands
Death: December 16, 1944 (59)
Ravensbrück Prison, Ravensbrück, Germany
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Casper ten Boom and Cornelia Johanna Arnolda Luitingh
Sister of ds. Willem ten Boom; Hendrick Jan ten Boom; Arnolda (Nollie) Johanna ten Boom and Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom

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About Elisabeth ten Boom

Elisabeth ten Boom aka Betsie was a Dutch woman, the daughter of watchmaker Casper ten Boom, who suffered persecution under the Nazi regime in World War II, including incarceration in Ravensbrück concentration camp. 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. Betsie 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.

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Elisabeth ten Boom's Timeline

1885
August 19, 1885
Haarlem, NH, Netherlands
1944
December 16, 1944
Age 59
Ravensbrück Prison, Ravensbrück, Germany