Honors
- Israel honored ten Boom by naming her Righteous Among the Nations.
- Corrie was knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands in recognition of her work during the war.
- The Ten Boom Museum in Haarlem is dedicated to her and her family for their work.
- The King's College in New York City named a new women's house in her honor.
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