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- Held by
- Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- May 1976 (indexed as 1976)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- Letter : paper : handwritten, printed : ink : beige, blue, black ; Ht: 11 in. x W: 8,5 in.
- Scope & content
- Double-sided. Sender is Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung. He is writing to Jan Zwartendijk, the former Dutch Consul in Kaunas (Kovno). He personally thanks Mr. Zwartendijk (the father of the donor) for saving his life and those of other Jews. Mrs. Hirszprung has stated that she wrote the letter on her husband's behalf. Narrative: Jan Zwartendijk was the Lithuanian director of Philips' radio and electronic company. He was briefly appointed Dutch consul in Kovno (Lithuania), from June to August 1940. With the support of L.P.J. de Decker, the Dutch ambassador in Riga (Latvia), Zwartendijk issued permits for Jewish refugees to enter Caraçao in the Dutch West Indies. After he was dismissed from his position as consul, he returned to the occupied Netherlands and continued to work at Philips. He has been honoured as Righteous Among Nations by Yad Vashem.
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- In the picture
- CourtDocumentHandwrittenJewish CommunityJudaismLetterLetterheadRabbiTypewrittenWarTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
- Text in the image
- בית דין ד'מונטריאלBeth dinRABBINICAL COURT OF GREATER MONTREAL5491 VICTORIA AVE., MONTREAL 247, QUE.Telephone: 739-1711-2CHIEF RABBI P. HIRSZPRUNGOFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBIבית דין דמונטריאלRec'd 4 May 1976בעורת השםDear MR. Jan Zwartendyk,It has recently come to my Attention that you are presently living near Amsterdam. I recalled the wonderful work and sacrifice you made on behalf of myself and my fellow Jews.I want to sincerely thank you for what you have done for me during the war. You have saved me as well as over two thousand others. Not only have you saved us, but you literally saved the generations that are coming from us. You have shows to the world the compassionate, warm and righteous person you are. When the Nazi regime tried to annihilate us, you demonstrated your compassion by trying and successfully saving a lot of our lives.We are definitely indebted to you for your Courageous and Compassionate Actions. Myself, as well as my friends that you have helped, have told their wives, childres, grandchildres and relatives about the way you helped save theirRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot
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