Casper ten Boom

Dutch Righteous Among the Nations

Casper ten Boom (18 May 1859 – 9 March 1944) was a Dutch Christian who helped many Jews and resisters escape the Nazis during the Holocaust of World War II.

He is the father of Betsie and Corrie ten Boom, who also aided the Jews and were sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, where Betsie died.

Casper died 9 March 1944 in The Hague, after nine days of imprisonment in the Scheveningen Prison.In 2008, he was recognised as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.