Jan Zwartendijk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Zwartendijk

Dutch Righteous Among the Nations

Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1896

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 14-Sep-1976

Profession: diplomat, resistance fighter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.