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{{Short description|Dutch concentration camp victim}}
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{{Infobox Person
{{family name hatnote|Ten Boom|Boom|lang=Dutch}}
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|name = Betsie ten Boom
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{{Infobox person
|image = Betsie Potrait.jpg
|caption = Betsie (year unspecified)
| name = Betsie ten Boom
|birth_name = Elisabeth ten Boom
| image = Betsie ten Boom TB low res.tif
| caption =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|8|19}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|8|19|df=y}}
|birth_place = Amsterdam, Holland
| birth_place = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands
|death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|12|16|1885|8|19|df=y}}
|death_place = Ravensbruck Concentration Camp, Germany
| death_place = [[Ravensbrück concentration camp]], Germany
|death_cause = Pernicious Anemia
|resting_place = Ravensbruck Concentration Camp, Germany
| resting_place = Ravensbrück concentration camp, Germany
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| nationality = Dutch
|residence = Haarlem, North Holland
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| known_for = [[Righteous Among the Nations]], ''[[The Hiding Place (biography)|The Hiding Place]]'' by [[Corrie ten Boom]]
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|nationality = Dutch
| height_ft = 5
|citizenship = The Netherlands
| height_in = 3
|other_names = Know by family as Bep, Beppie
| height_cm = 161
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|known_for = [[Holocaust]], [[The Hiding Place]], [[Corrie ten Boom]]
|education = Through local secondary school
| education = Through local secondary school
|employer = Father, [[Casper ten Boom]]
| employer = [[Casper ten Boom]]
|occupation = Bookkeeper, homemaker
| occupation = Bookkeeper, homemaker
| parents = [[Casper ten Boom]]<br>Cornelia Luitingh
|home_town = Amsterdam, Holland
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| relatives = [[Corrie ten Boom]] (sister)
|religion = Dutch Calvinist Christian
|parents = [[Casper|Casper ten Boom]] and Cornelia ten Boom
| website = [http://www.tenboom.org ten Boom Museum]
|website = [http://corrietenboom.com Corrie ten Boom website]
}}
}}


'''Elisabeth ten Boom''' (19 August 1885 – 16 December 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 (biography)|The Hiding Place]]'', a book written by her sister [[Corrie ten Boom]] about the family′s experiences during [[World War II]]. Nicknamed Betsie, she had suffered from [[pernicious anemia]] since birth.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hiding Place |year=1974 |publisher=Bantam Books, New York City: 1984|isbn=0553256696 }}</ref> The oldest of four [[Ten Boom]] children, she neither left the family nor married, but remained at home until [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/286453.In_My_Father_s_House |title=In My Father's House|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton Religious, London, England: 1976}}</ref> She was honored by the State of [[Israel]] in 2008 as a [[Righteous Among the Nations]].


{{Righteous Among the Nations}}
'''Elisabeth ten Boom''' (1885-1944) was one of the leading characters in ''[[The Hiding Place (biography)|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==
==Juvenile Pernicious Anemia==
Betsie suffered with a special case of Pernicious anemia that starts in childhood, called juvenile Pernicious anemia (JPA). This case is (said to be) caused by a malfunction of the gastric juices of intrinsic factor during the nine weeks before birth. Betsie's illness prevented her from bearing children, so she chose, at a young age, not to marry.
Betsie ten Boom suffered from a case of [[pernicious anemia]], believed to be caused by a malfunction of the [[gastric acid|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.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hiding Place |year=1974 |publisher=Bantam Books, New York City: 1984|isbn=0553256696 }}</ref>


==Career and Education==
==Career and education==
Betsie worked side-by-side in the watchshop with her father [[Casper ten Boom|Casper]] as a bookkeeper. Corrie later took over that role when Betsie caught the flu. Betsie was educated in the local primary and secondary school until the age of 16. She then remained home to work with her father and occasionally cook. After Corrie took over, Betsie began in housekeeping and continued to do so until 1944.
Betsie 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 watch shop, where she served as the bookkeeper. She also cooked for their family.

[[image:Etenboom1990.jpg|‎thumb|Betsie ten Boom in 1900 (age 15)]]
Her younger sister Corrie later took over the bookkeeping role when Betsie caught [[influenza]]. Betsie then began housekeeping and continued to do so until her Nazi detention.


==1940-1944==
==1940-1944==
The ten Boom family belonged to the [[Dutch Reformed Church]] and believed strongly in the equality of all people before God. Betsie’s brother Willem ten Boom was a minister,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corrie ten Boom |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/corrie-ten-boom |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org |language=en}}</ref> and the ten Boom sisters (Betsie, Nollie, and [[Corrie ten Boom|Corrie]]) had been active in charitable work before the war.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} Corrie ten Boom House |url=https://www.corrietenboom.com/en/information/the-history-of-the-museum#:~:text=The%20Ten%20Boom%20family%20were,community%20and%20society%20at%20large. |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.corrietenboom.com}}</ref> During the [[Nazi occupation of the Netherlands]], the family began to hide numerous [[Judaism|Jews]] and resisters in their home and built a secret room to protect them.
During the [[Nazi]] occupation of the Netherlands, the family hid Jews in their home. The family was arrested for this. Betsie died in the [[Ravensbrück concentration camp]] on [[December 16]], [[1944]], at the age of 59.


In 1944, the ten Boom 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 all survived, with the help of other [[Dutch resistance|Resistance]] workers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lesson 14 |url=https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/lul/Lesson%2014/lesson14.html#:~:text=The%20ten%20Boom%20family%20did,be%20arrested%20and%20probably%20executed. |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=holocaust.umd.umich.edu}}</ref> [[Casper ten Boom]] became ill and died ten days later at the prison. Willem, Nollie, and a nephew were released.
==Faith==
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Her strong faith in [[God]] kept her from depression throughout her life and especially within the camps. A [[Calvinist]] by birth and choice, Betsie believed very strongly in comforting and helping others before herself. She helped Corrie to see the best in everything, no matter what the circumstance.


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In June 1944, Betsie ten Boom and her sister Corrie were sent to [[Ravensbrück concentration camp]]. Her strong faith in God kept her from depression throughout her life and especially within the camps. Corrie told of how Betsie reached out to help others and helped Corrie to see the best in everything, no matter what the circumstances. {{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
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Betsie and her father, Casper, were honored in 2008 as [[Righteous Among the Nations]].

Before her death, Betsie claimed she experienced three visions from God about what she and Corrie were to do after their release. 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 they would be released before the New Year. All three of these visions came true. Betsie 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 she had seen in her visions, including traveling the world to speak about her faith.

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Betsie 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.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Corrie ten Boom with [[John and Elizabeth Sherrill]], [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553256696/ The Hiding Place], Guideposts Associates, 1971. {{ISBN|0-340-17930-9}}, {{ISBN|0-340-20845-7}}
*Corrie ten Boom, [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553256696/ In My Father's House], Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1976. {{ISBN|978-0-340-86375-6}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tenboom.org/ ten Boom Museum]
*[http://www.corrietenboomlive.com/ Corrie ten Boom Live]
*[https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/library/14407611 Betsie ten Boom] – her activity to save Jews' lives during the [[Holocaust]], at [[Yad Vashem]] website
*{{cite video
| people = Corrie ten Boom, Betty Veldhuvzen van Zanten
| title = Wat Vrienden Zeggen Over Corrie 1
| medium =
| publisher = tantecorrietenboom
|url=https://www.youtube.com
|date = 2008}}


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Latest revision as of 20:03, 10 November 2024

In this Dutch name, the surname is Ten Boom, not Boom.
Betsie ten Boom
Born(1885-08-19)19 August 1885
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died16 December 1944(1944-12-16) (aged 59)
Ravensbrück concentration camp, Germany
Resting placeRavensbrück concentration camp, Germany
NationalityDutch
EducationThrough local secondary school
Occupation(s)Bookkeeper, homemaker
EmployerCasper ten Boom
Known forRighteous Among the Nations, The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Parent(s)Casper ten Boom
Cornelia Luitingh
RelativesCorrie ten Boom (sister)
Websiteten Boom Museum

Elisabeth ten Boom (19 August 1885 – 16 December 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 had suffered from pernicious anemia since birth.[1] The oldest of four Ten Boom children, she neither left the family nor married, but remained at home until World War II.[2] She was honored by the State of Israel in 2008 as a Righteous Among the Nations.

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Congenital pernicious anemia

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Betsie ten Boom suffered from a case of pernicious anemia, 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.[3]

Career and education

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Betsie 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 watch shop, where she served as the bookkeeper. She also cooked for their family.

Her younger sister Corrie later took over the bookkeeping role when Betsie caught influenza. Betsie then began housekeeping and continued to do so until her Nazi detention.

1940-1944

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The ten Boom family belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church and believed strongly in the equality of all people before God. Betsie’s brother Willem ten Boom was a minister,[4] and the ten Boom sisters (Betsie, Nollie, and Corrie) had been active in charitable work before the war.[5] 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 ten Boom 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 all survived, with the help of other Resistance workers.[6] Casper ten Boom became ill and died ten days later at the prison. Willem, Nollie, and a nephew were released.

In June 1944, Betsie ten Boom and her sister Corrie were sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp. Her strong faith in God kept her from depression throughout her life and especially within the camps. Corrie told of how Betsie reached out to help others and helped Corrie to see the best in everything, no matter what the circumstances. [citation needed]

Before her death, Betsie claimed she experienced three visions from God about what she and Corrie were to do after their release. 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 they would be released before the New Year. All three of these visions came true. Betsie 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 she had seen in her visions, including traveling the world to speak about her faith.

Betsie 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.

References

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  1. ^ The Hiding Place. Bantam Books, New York City: 1984. 1974. ISBN 0553256696.
  2. ^ "In My Father's House". Hodder & Stoughton Religious, London, England: 1976.
  3. ^ The Hiding Place. Bantam Books, New York City: 1984. 1974. ISBN 0553256696.
  4. ^ "Corrie ten Boom". encyclopedia.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ^ "History | Corrie ten Boom House". www.corrietenboom.com. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  6. ^ "Lesson 14". holocaust.umd.umich.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-07.

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