page_title: Jan Zwartendijk
hierarchical_section_title: Jan Zwartendijk
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Jan Zwartendijk was in Litouwen bekend onder de naam De Engel van Curaçao. English: Jan Zwartendijk, the representative of the Philips plants in Lithuania. After the invasion of The Nederlands, was named representative of the Netherlands in the occupied Lituania. He issued 2,345 de facto visas for Curaçao, to Jews of the Vilna Ghetto|Vilna Ghetto, saving their life. He was named Righteous Among the Nations.
context_page_description: Jan Zwartendijk was a Dutch businessman and diplomat. As director of the Philips plants 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.
context_section_description: Jan Zwartendijk (29 July 1896 – 14 September 1976) was a Dutch businessman and diplomat. As director of the Philips plants 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.
caption: Zwartendijk in 1941
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