Cornelia Johanna Arnolda "Corrie" ten Boom (April 15, 1892 ? April 15, 1983) was a Dutch evangelist and Nazi concentration camp survivor. She helped nearly 800 Jews escape the Nazis during World War II . Ten Boom co-wrote her autobiography The Hiding Place in 1971. It was later made into a movie of the same name. In December 1967, Ten Boom was given the award of " Righteous Among the Nations "' by the State of Israel .

She was born in Amsterdam and died in California at the age of 91.

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• Corrie ten Boom at Yad Vashem website

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