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Nederlands: Jan Zwartendijk was in Litouwen bekend onder de naam De Engel van Curaçao.
English: Jan Zwartendijk, the representative of the Philips plants in Lithuania. After the invasion of The Nederlands, was named representative of the Netherlands in the occupied Lituania. He issued 2,345 de facto visas for Curaçao, to Jews of the Vilna Ghetto, saving their life. He was named Righteous Among the Nations.
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