Back Jan Zwartendijk German یان زوارتندیک Persian Jan Zwartendijk French יאן זווארטנדיק HE Jan Zwartendijk ID Jan Zwartendijk Italian ヤン・ズヴァルテンダイク Japanese Jan Zwartendijk Lithuanian Jan Zwartendijk Dutch
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 |
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.