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Jan Zwartendijk

Dutch businessman and diplomat who helped Jews escape Lithuania during World War II (1896–1976)

  • Fame46.1
  • Momentum0.8
  • Wikipedia944
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Lived 1896–1976, aged 80Netherlands
NetherlandsNetherlandsWritersWriter / Author
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    11 languages
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  • Era
    1896–1976
    Aged 80
  • Awards
    3
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-07-21

Jan Zwartendijk 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.

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Momentum0.8
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Completeness70.0
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