and her important messages of forgiveness, hope, love, and salvation through the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Ten Boom told the story of her family members and their World War II work in her bestselling book, The Hiding Place (1971), which was made into a 1975 World Wide Pictures film, The Hiding Place, starring Jeannette Clift as Corrie and Julie Harris as Betsie. In 1977, the 85-year-old Corrie migrated to Placentia, California. In 1978, she suffered two strokes, the first rendered her unable to speak, and the second resulted in paralysis. She died on her 91st birthday, 15 April 1983, after suffering a third stroke. Ten Boom was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, California. A sequel film, Return to the Hiding Place (War of Resistance), was released in 2011 in the United Kingdom and 2013 it was released in the United States. The film was based on Hans Poley's book, which painted a wider picture of the circle of which she was a part. Honors The Yad Vashem Remembrance Authority in Israel honored her by naming her Righteous Among the Nations on December 12, 1967. She 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 in recognition of their work. The King's College in New York City named a new women's house in her honor. Further reading Causey, Charles M. (2016), The Lion and the Lamb: The True Holocaust Story of a Powerful Nazi Leader and a Dutch Resistance Worker, References External links Corrie ten Boom Papers, Billy Graham Center Archives, Wheaton College. Corrie ten Boom – her activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website . . . . : a remastered DVD including many of her testimonies. . . . . 1892 births 1983 deaths Protestant writers Dutch emigrants to the United States Dutch members of the Dutch Reformed Church Dutch memoirists Dutch people of World War II Dutch resistance members Dutch Righteous Among the Nations Dutch evangelicals Evangelists Herzogenbusch concentration camp survivors Writers from Haarlem Protestant Righteous Among the Nations Ravensbrück concentration camp survivors Watchmakers (people) Women in World War II Jewish concentration camp survivors 20th-century memoirists Women autobiographers