![Zwartendijk with his daughter Edith and son Jan, Jr., Kovno, 1939-1940. [LCID: 11777]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/35884cc3-9195-4a27-8c8a-536ade629dc9.jpg)
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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