June 15, 2018 the Consul of the Netherlands in Lithuania Jan Zwartendijk was honored by opening the commemorative plaque in Liberty Avenue in Kaunas, outside of his former office where he also worked as a representative of the Philips company.
Jan Zwartendijk issued so-called Curaçao end-visas over 10 days in the summer of 1940 ended up saving around 2,400 lives directly in conjunction with transit visas issued by Japanese ambassador Chiune Sugihara, and countless more lives if succeeding generations are included.
Dutch artist Giny Vos created a lighting installation and a commemorative plaque. She said her light-show installation’s spiral symbolized life, movement, growth and hope, and that each individually sized and colored LED light in the installation represented a life saved, with the emphasis on hope, light and the future.
You can find more about this event: http://www.lzb.lt/en/2018/06/18/city-of-kaunas-honors-righteous-gentile-dutch-consul-jan-zwartendijk/
The project is partially financed by the Good Will Foundation implementing Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community’s project No. GVF-236/2017(2)PR.