EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800, CORRIE TEN BOOM P/101

In this post I will continue to share the story of a woman named Corrie ten Boom. She lived from 1892 - 1983. On 28 February, 1944, a Dutch informant, told the Nazis about the Ten Booms' work and, consequently, they were all arrested. They were sent to Scheveningen Prison when Resistance material and extra ration cards were found at their home. 

Thankfully, the group of six people hidden by the Ten Booms, made up of both Jews and resistance workers, remained undiscovered. They managed to escape at at a later date. However, the Gestapo arrested over 30 people who were in the family home that day. Most of them were released soon afterwards. But Corrie, her sister Betsie and their father were held in prison. Her father died ten days later. 

Corrie was initially held in solitary confinement for a three months period. She and her sister Betsie were then sent to Herzogenbusch, also named Kamp Vught, and finally to Ravensbruck concentration camp, a woman's labour camp in Germany.