- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Preface
- Polin
- Note on Place-Names
- Note on Transliteration
- The Sixtieth Anniversary of the Massacre in Jedwabne: Two Speeches Delivered in Jedwabne, 10 July 2001
- Introduction
- The Self-Perception of Lithuanian–Belarusian Jewry in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
- Jewish Rights of Residence in Cieszyn Silesia, 1742–1848
- The Jewish Community in the Grand Duchy of Poznań under Prussian Rule, 1815–1848
- Between Germans and Poles: The Jews of Poznań in 1848
- The Rabbinical Schools as Institutions of Socialization in Tsarist Russia, 1847–1873
- The Zhitomir Rabbinical School: New Materials and Perspectives
- Three Documents on Anti-Jewish Violence in the Eastern Kresy during the Polish–Soviet Conflict
- The Policies of the Sanacja on the Jewish Minority in Silesia, 1926–1939
- The Vilna Years of Jakub Rotbaum
-
Tsevorfene bleter: The Emergence of Yung Vilne
- Jewish Autonomy in Inter-WarLithuania: An Interview withYudl Mark
- The Transfer of Vilna District into Lithuania, 1939
- Jan Kazimierz University 1936–1939: A Memoir
-
My First Encounters with Jews and Ukrainians
-
Lithuania Honours a Holocaust Rescuer
- Notes on the Contributors
- Glossary
- Index
Lithuania Honours a Holocaust Rescuer
Lithuania Honours a Holocaust Rescuer
- Chapter:
- (p.249) Lithuania Honours a Holocaust Rescuer
- Source:
- Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 14
- Author(s):
Jonathan Goldstein
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
This chapter discusses Jan Zwartendijk (1896–1976). Zwartendijk was a Dutch businessman and a non-Jew who helped thousands of stranded Jews in the Lithuanian capital city of Kaunas in the summer of 1940. The Polish Jews who had fled to Lithuania precisely to escape Soviet rule felt especially vulnerable and desperate during the annexation process. By July, virtually all consulates in Kaunas were in the process of closing. Panic set in among the Jewish refugees. At this point, Jan Zwartendijk, voluntarily and at great personal risk, took on a role which quickly evolved into the rescue of Jews. The chapter explores his accomplishments and considers why Lithuania only chose to recognize him for his courage 59 years after the event.
Keywords: Jan Zwartendijk, Holocaust, World War II, Holocaust rescuer, stranded Jews, Kaunas, Polish Jews, Jewish refugees
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Preface
- Polin
- Note on Place-Names
- Note on Transliteration
- The Sixtieth Anniversary of the Massacre in Jedwabne: Two Speeches Delivered in Jedwabne, 10 July 2001
- Introduction
- The Self-Perception of Lithuanian–Belarusian Jewry in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
- Jewish Rights of Residence in Cieszyn Silesia, 1742–1848
- The Jewish Community in the Grand Duchy of Poznań under Prussian Rule, 1815–1848
- Between Germans and Poles: The Jews of Poznań in 1848
- The Rabbinical Schools as Institutions of Socialization in Tsarist Russia, 1847–1873
- The Zhitomir Rabbinical School: New Materials and Perspectives
- Three Documents on Anti-Jewish Violence in the Eastern Kresy during the Polish–Soviet Conflict
- The Policies of the Sanacja on the Jewish Minority in Silesia, 1926–1939
- The Vilna Years of Jakub Rotbaum
-
Tsevorfene bleter: The Emergence of Yung Vilne
- Jewish Autonomy in Inter-WarLithuania: An Interview withYudl Mark
- The Transfer of Vilna District into Lithuania, 1939
- Jan Kazimierz University 1936–1939: A Memoir
-
My First Encounters with Jews and Ukrainians
-
Lithuania Honours a Holocaust Rescuer
- Notes on the Contributors
- Glossary
- Index
