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    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...
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    by Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul in Kaunas, Lithuania, and Jan Zwartendijk, director of the Philips manufacturing plants in Lithuania and part-time...
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  • also has a publishing division. Boys Town Jerusalem originated the Jan Zwartendijk Award for Humanitarian Ethics and Values, which it awards annually...
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  • Curaçao. The so-called Curaçao-visa were issued by the Dutch consul Jan Zwartendijk, who went against the consular guidelines to give the Jewish refugees...
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  • was awarded posthumously to Jan Zwartendijk for creating visas for Lithuanian Jews. 2023, Medal in gold: Jan Zwartendijk (posthumous), for saving thousands...
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    received a so-called Curaçao visa from the Dutch consul in Kaunas, Jan Zwartendijk. This allowed one Japanese diplomat, Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese...
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  • zwischen Moral und Milliarden premiered in mid-August 2018. 1997 - Jan Zwartendijk Memorial Award for Humanitarian Values and Ethics from the Boys Town...
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    period between 16 July and 3 August 1940, the Dutch Honorary Consul Jan Zwartendijk provided over 2,200 Jews with official third destination passes to...
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     Poland 7,177 Jan Karski, Maria Kotarba, Irena Sendler, Irena Adamowicz 34,849,000 20.59  Netherlands 5,910 Frits Philips, Jan Zwartendijk, Miep Gies, Bep...
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    last transport ship leaving the Netherlands to the UK in May 1940. Jan Zwartendijk, who as a Dutch consular representative in Kaunas, Lithuania, issued...
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