Talk:Betsie ten Boom

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Repetitive[edit]

The third vision about being released is a repetition of the previous sentence. Consider revising.

Death date incorrect[edit]

Not sure how to edit stuff on right column the date of death is 1994 instead of 1944. Can someone fix it? Mateck (talk) 02:26, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dates?[edit]

She was born 1895 and died 1944, that makes her 49 (or 48) years old when she died. How could it then be stated that she was 59? One of the numbers must be wrong! KMA "HF" N 16:46, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote the Corrie ten Boom museum for her exact dates. Czolgolz 19:51, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're right; I made a typo. She was 59 when she died, accoring to her sister Corrie. The correct dates are 1885-1944. Thanks :) I'll fix it. OnFire4Jesus 04:43, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Siblings[edit]

Weren't there only four ten Boom children, Wilhelm, Nollie, Corrie and Betsie? Am I forgetting someone? Czolgolz (talk) 15:41, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There were 5 children. Betsie, Willem, Hendrik (he died at 6 months and isn't mentioned much in Corrie's writing), Nollie, and Corrie. Did you write the museum??talk 7:15, 1 January 2008

Yeah, but they never wrote me back. I never knew about Hendrik. Czolgolz (talk) 02:46, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... that's odd. I added some nice edits yesterday. It's coming along. I don't know what else to add. I've studied Betsie for a year and know a ton about her, but nothing seems relevant enough to add...talk 09:57, 2 January 2008

Well, you've added some great edits. Keep up the good work. Czolgolz (talk) 16:38, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cause of death[edit]

Would we really state her cause of death as anemia? I'd really think it was from malnutrition and abuse in the concentration camp. Czolgolz (talk) 17:33, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thought of that, but after spending six months studying her condition, I found that all medical resources agreed that pernicious anemia, if gone untreated in an advanced stage, such as Betsie's, one can die of it very quickly. And of course, the abuse and malnutrition, starvation, exhaustion was a large part. (OnFire4Jesus (talk) 17:30, 27 January 2009 (UTC))[reply]