Zwartendijk with his daughter Edith and son Jan, Jr., Kovno, 1939-1940. [LCID: 11777]
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Jan Zwartendijk with his daughter and son

Photograph of Jan Zwartendijk with his daughter Edith and son Jan, Jr., Kovno, 1939-1940. Zwartendijk aided Jewish refugees by issuing permits for them to enter Curaçao, a Dutch colonial possession in the West Indies.


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  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dr. Jan Zwartendyk
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