Corrie ten Boom could be remembered as the first licensed female watchmaker in the Netherlands, a woman who invested in the lives of young girls, or a member of a family that helped save hundreds of Jewish people during World War II. Instead, many people know her first as the woman who survived a Nazi concentration camp. But to understand Corrie ten Boom, we have to look beyond the horrors she endured and see the heart that carried her through them.

Born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1892, Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom grew up in a Christian home where faith wasn't simply something discussed on Sunday mornings. It shaped how the ten Boom family viewed the world and, more importantly, how they treated people. Her father, Casper, was a devoted Christian and a respected clockmaker. Corrie followed him into the trade, becoming the first licensed female watchmaker in the Netherlands in 1922….READ MORE….