The acting Dutch consul in Kaunas — by day the director of Philips’ Lithuanian operations — who wrote the Curaçao "destination on paper" that made Sugihara’s transit visas possible: 2,345 inscriptions in three weeks, for people he never sought credit for saving.
Historical · 1896–1976
Jan Zwartendijk
He wasn’t even a diplomat — he ran the local Philips office. When every country said no, he wrote 2,345 ways out.
More voices through the Origin door
People who built what was needed.
Origin · 1909–2015Nicholas Winton
He rescued 669 children — and said almost nothing about it for fifty years.
Origin · 1910–2008Irena Sendler
She smuggled ~2,500 children out of the Warsaw Ghetto — and buried their names in jars.
Origin · 1921–1943Sophie Scholl
She was 21 when she was executed for handing out leaflets.
Held to the Light
A quiet note when a new voice is lifted up. You’re in good company.