Jan Zwartendijk

Jan Zwartendijk
Zwartendijk in 1941
Born	29 July 1896 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died	14 September 1976(1976-09-14) (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.