He is a Jewish man who arrives at the Beje during the 100th birthday party. Leendert is a young Jewish schoolteacher, who installs the electric warning system in the Beje. Thea DacostaĪ Jewish woman hiding at the Beje during the raid, who is an accomplished pianist. Henk is a young Jewish lawyer hiding at the Beje. Meta is an Italian Jewish woman hiding at the Beje. She owns the house where Harry and Cato stay with eighteen other young Jews. Bob ten Boomīob is another of Willem's sons. Cocky van WoerdenĬocky is Nollie's daughter who tells the truth no matter what. He is the watch shop apprentice during the war years who also helps with underground work. Eventually she softens a little and lets Betsie go to the sickbay. She is a guard in Ravensbruck, whose shiny dress looks snakelike. The General is the matron at Scheveningen and later Vught, who commands with an icy silence. She is an aristocratic woman who donates her home, Bloemendaal, as a recovery center for Holocaust victims. Jan betrays several of his fellow Dutchmen to the Gestapo, including the ten Booms. She is a young beautiful Jewish woman who hides at Nollies, disguised as a family friend. Mary, an elderly, asthmatic Jewish lady, hides at the Beje until the Raid. She is an elderly Austrian Jewish woman who stays with Nollie, posing as a family servant. Mietje cleans the Haarlem prison, and she and Corrie help each other throughout the story. She is a young pregnant woman in Vught a Communist. Kan's wife who later resides at Bloemendaal. KanĪ Jewish man who runs a competing watch shop in Haarlem. He is the prisoner-foreman at the Phillips factory who is kind and patient with his workers. He is a famous European architect who builds the secret hiding place in the Beje. He is a Jewish man who has converted to Christianity. Harry de VriesĬorries calls him "The Bulldog" because he looks like his beloved pets. Kik is Nollie's son who does work for the resistance and is arrested for helping a parachutist get to safety.
They live with their six children in Haarlem where Flip works as a principal. Tine is a nurse who marries Willem, who have four children together. Fred Koornstraįred works at the Food office and provides ration cards for Corrie's operation. Rolf is a red-haired policeman who aids Corrie in her underground work. ChristoffelsĪ quiet and reserved man, Christoffels He was a traveling watch repairman who came to work at the ten Boom shop where he grows fiercely devoted to the family. After being fired from the watch shop for mistreating Christoffels, He joins the army. He is a young German watchmaker who believes in Nationalist ideology and disrespects the elderly. He hates his work at the prison and feels a lot of darkness in his life. He likes flowers and his family, who he worries about daily. Lieutenant Rahms holds Corrie's hearing while she is in Scheveningen. He is Corrie's one-time love, who must marry someone rich and prestigious. Pickwick is terribly ugly, but a great friend who works in the underground movement in Holland. His real name is Herman Sluring, but his friends think he resembles the illustrations from the Dickens work. Eusie is humorous, intelligent and well-mannered. He was the cantor of a synagogue, but has to go into hiding because he is Jewish. The ten Boom sisters nickname Meyer Mossel, Eusie, when he comes to live at the Beje. She has tuberculosis and is never happy with anything or anyone. She was a governess her whole life and now resides at the Beje. An austere woman, she writes Christian pamphlets and raises funds for social causes. She is an aunt who comes to live at the Beje. Mama (Cornelia ten Boom) spends most of her life indoors, but this does not prevent her from caring for Haarlem in the form of clothing and food. Peter is Willem's son, who has extraordinary musical ability. She is extremely cheerful and tells the truth at any cost. Nollie is Corrie's older sister who trained to be a teacher and then married a colleague named Flip van Woerden. Willem is the oldest ten Boom child, who works as a minister and runs a nursing home for elderly Jewish people. In addition to being an expert watchmaker, Casper ten Boom is the patriarch of the family and beloved by the town of Haarlem. Her chestnut hair and elegant figure make her very graceful, but her kindness towards others is her defining characteristic. She is frail because of anemia but enjoys making every place she goes more homely and warm. Betsieīetsie is seven years older than Corrie. She is Holland's first licensed female watchmaker. Corrie ten Boom is the protagonist of "The Hiding Place." Corrie is a joyful middle-aged woman, unmarried and unfashionable, who dedicates her life to serving others and sharing the Bible.
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