Cornelia Johanna Arnolda ten Boom ( or just Corrie ten Boom ) ( April 15 , 1892 â `` April 15 , 1983 ) was a Dutch Christian Holocaust survivor . She helped many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II . Cornelia `` Corrie '' ten Boom ( Amsterdam , April 15 , 1892 â `` Orange , California , April 15 , 1983 ) was a Dutch Christian Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II .