Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983) was a Dutch watchmaker and Christian arrested by the Nazis for hiding Jews during World War II. She was imprisoned at Scheveningen when resistance materials and extra ration cards were found in her home. After trial, she was moved to two concentration camps. Her eventual release from Ravensbrück concentration camp (she was later told) was the result of a clerical error and a week later the other women in her age group were sent to the gas chambers. Her 1971 book and the 1975 movie, The Hiding Place, feature her family's work in hiding refugees during World War II.

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