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Born April 15, 1892, in Amsterdam, Holland. Youngest of 3 sisters, 1 brother. Father: watchmaker. Raised in Dutch Reformed church. Well schooled. Both parents lived into adulthood. Childhood distinctions: tomboyish, stubborn. Never married. 1892 family moved to ‘Beje’ house in Haarlem. 1903 witnessed at aunt’s soldier center. 1910 studied two years at Bible school. 1915 jilted by rake Karel. 1918 family took in first of many children. 1919 mother died. 1920 ca. passed Bible school exam. 1920 began training as watchmaker. 1922 first woman watchmaker licensed in Holland. 1923 organized first girls’ club. 1930’s girls’ clubs became very large Triangle Club. 1940 Nazis invaded, banned her club organization. 1942 family very active in Dutch underground hiding refugees. 1944 arrested with entire family, sent first to Dutch prisons, finally to notorious Ravensbruck in Germany. 1945 released days after sister Betsie died, returned to Holland to begin rehabilitation centers. 1946 returned to Germany, beginning many years of itinerant preaching in over 60 countries, writing many books. 1971 fame from The Hiding Place. 1975 movie version of The Hiding Place. 1977 moved to America, wrote devotionals, made movie shorts. 1978 paralyzed by stroke. Died April 15, 1983 on 91st birthday.-Sam Wellman’s