Corrie Ten Boomhuis

Enter the former home of hundreds of Jewish families on the run.Take a step back into the time of WW2 in this informative museum.

Look back in history and you’ll find the ten Boom house was first built in the 1600s. This house has always been a place of refuge - back in the 1920s and 30s, the family brought in foster children as a form of missionary work. The museum has opened its doors to help fight antisemitism and racism. Enter Corrie Ten Boomhuis for a deep historical experience with a personal touch.

The house gained its popularity during WW2, where it served as a hiding place for Jewish families and other refugees. The story goes like this: Corrie ten Boom, her father Casper, and her sister Betsie decided to resist the Nazi soldiers in a non-violent way, by hiding people within their house. There were usually 5 to 6 people hiding in the house at a time, and over the years the ten Boom family managed to successfully hide 800 people!

• Enter the museum! You learn all about Corrie and her family’s history in the household. The second floor of the house has been built into an exhibition hall where you get to see family photos, objects from WW2, and witness firsthand the hiding place where the ten Boom’s kept the Jewish families escaping the Nazis.
• Corrie was released from prison at the age of 53 and made it her life’s goal to travel and educate people on her experience. Since 1988, the Corrie ten Boom Museum has been open to the public to serve as a living memorial to the family who risked their lives to help protect so many others.
• **Guided Tour: you can only see the museum on a guided tour. The tour provides you with an intimate overview of the house, with hiding places you have to see to truly believe. Your guide will clue you in the emotional story of Corrie Ten Boomhuis, who was the only family member to finally be released from prison.
• Kid Friendly: The magazine Corrie4kids includes an educational package with a manual, diary, and a DVD to teach children on the Corrie Boom story.
• Bookworms should check out the museum shop. There’s books written by Corrie ten Boom herself available here! If you want even more of a background on the house and the family who lived in it, check out the book, “More Than a Hiding Place,” which is claimed to be the most detailed book on the Blooms.