Jan Zwartendijk
Jan Zwartendijk (29 July 1896 – 14 September 1976) was a Dutch businessman and diplomat. As director of the Philips factories in Lithuania and part-time acting consul of the Dutch government-in-exile, he supervised the writing of 2,345 visas for Curaçao to save Jews from the Holocaust during World War II. In 1997, Yad Vashem recognised him as Righteous Among the Nations.
Jan Zwartendijk | |
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Zwartendijk in 1941 | |
| Born | 29 July 1896 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 14 September 1976 (aged 80) Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, diplomat |
| Known for | Helping Jews escape Lithuania during World War II |
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