The Promise Betsie Whispered in Ravensbrück

In December 1944, Betsie ten Boom lay dying on a thin mattress in Ravensbrück concentration camp, her body wasted by malnutrition and forced labor. Her sister Corrie knelt beside her, surrounded by the stench of death and the groans of suffering women packed into Barracks 28. But Betsie's eyes held no despair. With her final breaths, she whispered something extraordinary: "We must tell people what we have learned here.…