The Watchmaker of Haarlem

Casper ten Boom spent over fifty years bent over the workbench of his small shop on Barteljorisstraat in Haarlem, Holland. He was a watchmaker by trade, a man who understood the delicate art of keeping time — every spring tensioned, every gear aligned, every movement faithful. But when the Nazi occupation darkened the Netherlands in 1940, Casper turned his lifelong skill of careful keeping toward something far more precious than timepieces.…