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{{Infobox military person
{{Infobox person
| name         = Antonie Ronald Paap
| name = Maltin Paap
| image         =  
| image = Maltin.PNG
| caption       =  
| caption = Maltin Paap
| birth_date    = 3 February 1921
| birth_name = Maltin Paap
| birth_place  = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|8|30|df=yes}}
| death_date    = 28 November 2025 (aged 104)
| birth_place = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_place  = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| height = 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
| allegiance    = [[Germany (Nazi Germany)|Germany]]
| father = [[Martin Paap (father)|Martin Paap I]]
| branch        = [[Luftwaffe (Nazi Germany)|Luftwaffe]]
| serviceyears  = 1939–1945
| rank          = Obergefreiter
| unit          = [[Fallschirmjäger (Nazi Germany)|Fallschirmjäger]]
| battles      = * [[Battle of Rotterdam]]
* [[Battle of Crete]]
* [[Battle of Monte Cassino]]
| relations    = [[Bartholomäus Paap]] (brother)<br>[[Arend Paap]] (brother)<br>[[Jan Paap]] (cousin)<br>[[Martin Paap (father)|Martin Paap]] (cousin)
}}
}}


'''Antonie Ronald Paap''' (3 February 1921 – 28 November 2025), was a Dutch-born German soldier and member of the [[Paap family]]. He served as a [[Fallschirmjäger (Nazi Germany)|Fallschirmjäger]] during the [[Second World War]]. In 1943 he was assaulted by his cousin [[Jan Paap]] during the recapture of an airfield on the Eastern Front. In later life he lived in a homeless camp on the outskirts of [[Rotterdam]].
'''Maltin Paap''' (born 30 August 1963), also known as '''Disco Dancer''', is a Dutch member of the [[Paap family]] from [[Rotterdam]]. He is listed among the family members active during the [[Vriend Era]]. He became known through his Rotterdam background, his nickname, his informal personal reputation, and his later stay at the homeless camp on the outskirts of Rotterdam run by [[Angelo Paap]].


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Paap was born in [[Rotterdam]] on 3 February 1921. During childhood he moved with his parents to [[Zyfflich]], a village in the German municipality of [[Kranenburg]] near the Dutch border. His brothers were [[Bartholomäus Paap]] and [[Arend Paap]].
Maltin Paap was born in [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]], on 30 August 1963. He was the son of [[Martin Paap (father)|Martin Paap I]], placing him in the Rotterdam line of the [[Paap family]].


He attended a local primary school in Zyfflich before continuing his education at a secondary school in nearby [[Kleve]]. During his teenage years he joined German youth training programs connected to physical education and military preparation.
He grew up during the early period of the [[Vriend Era]], when several members of the Paap family became more visible in Rotterdam. Maltin was part of the wider Paap family structure, while [[Martin Paap]] became the central Paap figure within [[De Vrienden]] and later leader of the family.


In 1938 Paap entered military training in [[Cologne]], where he received infantry instruction before later transferring into airborne training under the [[Luftwaffe (Nazi Germany)|Luftwaffe]]. He completed parachute and combat training at a Fallschirmjäger training school in Germany shortly before the outbreak of the [[Second World War]].
== Family background ==
The [[Paap family]] is one of the principal families connected to [[De Vrienden]]. The family had an established Rotterdam presence during the Vriend Era, with several members appearing in family records and later accounts.


== Military service ==
Maltin Paap belonged to the same wider family environment as [[Martin Paap]], [[Angelo Paap]], [[Antonie Ronald Paap]], and [[Martin Paap (father)|Martin Paap I]]. His own record does not place him in a leadership position inside the family. His page is instead based on his personal profile, Rotterdam identity, and later involvement in the homeless camp case.
Paap entered German military service in September 1939 shortly after the outbreak of the [[Second World War]]. Following infantry instruction and parachute qualification training, he was assigned to a [[Fallschirmjäger (Nazi Germany)|Fallschirmjäger]] formation under the [[Luftwaffe (Nazi Germany)|Luftwaffe]].


During May 1940 he participated in the German invasion of the Netherlands. His unit operated near Rotterdam and surrounding airfields during the opening days of the campaign. Paap took part in urban fighting and close-range combat during German attempts to secure transport routes and defensive positions around the city.
== Personal life ==
Maltin Paap was known by the nickname "Disco Dancer". The nickname came from his link to disco culture and nightlife in Rotterdam.


In April 1941 his unit was transferred south in preparation for operations in the Balkans. In May 1941 Paap fought during the [[Battle of Crete]], where German airborne forces carried out large-scale parachute landings around Maleme and nearby airfields. During the fighting he was involved in assaults on defended positions and later served in ground combat after heavy German casualties reduced airborne operations on the island.
Descriptions of Maltin Paap also mention beer drinking, drug use, digging, and refusal to pay. He was repeatedly linked to the phrase "Het is van mij", meaning "It is mine" in Dutch. The phrase became one of the main informal details attached to his name.


Following Crete, Paap remained attached to Fallschirmjäger ground formations rather than further parachute deployments. Between late 1941 and 1942 he served in occupied territories and later on the Eastern Front, where German airborne troops were increasingly used as elite infantry units.
No formal occupation is listed for Maltin Paap. His known profile is based mainly on family placement, local reputation, and later events involving vulnerable Paap family members in Rotterdam.


By early 1943 Paap was stationed on the Eastern Front during operations connected to the recapture of a damaged airfield. During the fighting he encountered his cousin [[Jan Paap]], who was serving in the [[Wehrmacht (Nazi Germany)|Wehrmacht]]. An argument between the two escalated into a physical confrontation in which Jan knocked out several of Antonie's teeth before officers separated them. Both men were reassigned afterward.
== Homeless camp ==
In later life Maltin Paap stayed at the homeless camp on the outskirts of [[Rotterdam]] where [[Antonie Ronald Paap]] and [[Martin Paap (father)|Martin Paap I]] were also present. The site was run by [[Angelo Paap]], the son of Martin Paap I.


In early 1944 Paap was transferred to Italy as German forces attempted to slow the Allied advance northward. Between January and May 1944 he fought during the [[Battle of Monte Cassino]], where Fallschirmjäger units defended fortified positions around the monastery and surrounding hills. Paap served in defensive trench systems and close-range engagements against Allied infantry attacks and artillery bombardments.
Angelo controlled the camp and restricted the movement of people living there. Maltin Paap, Antonie Ronald Paap, and Martin Paap I received little food and were kept inside the camp for long periods. People connected to the site called Angelo a concentration camp general because of the way he controlled the residents.


He remained in military service until the collapse of German forces in 1945. After Germany surrendered, Paap was captured by Allied forces in northern Italy and transferred through several prisoner-of-war camps before being released in 1947. Dutch authorities later questioned him about his wartime service in the Luftwaffe and his participation in German military operations during the occupation of the Netherlands. He was prosecuted in a regional court for collaboration with German forces and temporarily barred from holding public employment after the war. Following the proceedings, he returned to civilian life near the Dutch-German border.
The camp became one of the main later-life events linked to Maltin Paap. His presence there placed him among the vulnerable Paap family members whose living conditions later drew outside attention.


== Middenvader Era ==
== Petition and rehabilitation ==
After 1945 Paap returned to civilian life in Zyfflich, where he lived for several years after the war. During the [[Middenvader Era]], he later moved back to the Netherlands and settled in Rotterdam.
In 2023 [[Walter Noord]] started a petition to move [[Antonie Ronald Paap]], [[Martin Paap (father)|Martin Paap I]], and Maltin Paap out of the camp. The petition was aimed at ending their confinement and placing them under formal care.


Paap had no stable post-war position. He worked irregularly and depended on relatives for housing during parts of this period. His wartime injury from the 1943 fight with Jan Paap remained part of the family record.
The petition succeeded in August 2023. Antonie Ronald Paap and Martin Paap I were transferred to a supervised care home in the Rotterdam area, while Maltin Paap was sent to a rehabilitation centre.


By the 1970s Paap had become involved in the Dutch rock concert scene in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and The Hague. He spent much of his time attending concerts and festivals, where he developed a long-term addiction to drugs. To support himself, he began dealing small quantities of narcotics at concerts and informal gatherings.
Following public attention surrounding the camp, [[Angelo Paap]] became the subject of investigations into corruption, abuse, and unethical treatment of vulnerable residents connected to the site. Walter Noord was later credited by members of the [[Paap family]] with helping secure safer living conditions for the men removed from the camp.


Paap remained connected to the underground music and drug scene for decades. His income was unstable and he never built up a pension or long-term savings. During the 1990s and 2000s he lived in a small caravan house at [[Camping De Maasvlakte]], a low-cost camping area near Rotterdam where long-term residents often struggled financially.
== Personal characteristics ==
Maltin Paap stood 1.93 metres tall and weighed approximately 70 kilograms. He had blue eyes and brown hair.


Although he managed to remain there for several years, rising costs and declining health made it increasingly difficult for him to continue living independently. By the early 2010s he was largely isolated and dependent on temporary support from acquaintances.
His public image remained based on a small number of repeated details: his nickname "Disco Dancer", his Rotterdam background, his drug use, his refusal to pay, his habit of digging, and his repeated phrase "Het is van mij".
 
== Later life ==
In 2015 Paap left Camping De Maasvlakte after he became too old to continue dealing drugs and could no longer afford the site fees. Without a pension or stable income, he eventually ended up in a homeless camp on the outskirts of [[Rotterdam]].
 
At the camp he lived alongside [[Martin Paap (father)|Martin Paap]], who had already been staying there since 2017. The camp was run by [[Angelo Paap]], the son of Martin Paap.
 
In later years [[Maltin Paap]] also stayed at the site. Angelo controlled the camp and restricted the movement of people living there. Antonie Paap, Martin Paap and Maltin Paap received little food and were kept inside the camp for long periods. People connected to the site called Angelo a concentration camp general because of the way he controlled the residents.
 
== Petition and death ==
In 2023 [[Walter Noord]] started a petition to move Antonie Paap, [[Martin Paap (father)|Martin Paap]] and [[Maltin Paap]] into a proper care home. The petition was aimed at ending their confinement in the camp and placing them under formal care.
 
The petition succeeded in August 2023, and Antonie Paap, Martin Paap, were transferred into a supervised care home in the Rotterdam area while Maltin Paap was sent to a rehab center. Following public attention surrounding the camp, [[Angelo Paap]] became the subject of investigations into corruption, abuse and unethical treatment of vulnerable residents connected to the site.
 
[[Walter Noord]] personally contributed to the long-term care expenses of Antonie Paap and [[Martin Paap (father)|Martin Paap]] for the remainder of their lives. Other [[Paap family]] members credited Noord with helping the two secure  stable living conditions after their removal from the camp.
 
Antonie Paap died in [[Rotterdam]] on 28 November 2025. He was 104 years old.
 
== Family ==
Paap was a brother of [[Bartholomäus Paap]] and [[Arend Paap]]. His cousin was [[Jan Paap]], who assaulted him in 1943 during the recapture of an Eastern Front airfield.
 
He was also a cousin of [[Martin Paap (father)|Martin Paap]]. In later life he lived with Martin and [[Maltin Paap]] in the Rotterdam homeless camp run by [[Angelo Paap]].


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Paap family]]
* [[Paap family]]
* [[Paap family members]]
* [[Paap family members]]
* [[Bartholomäus Paap]]
* [[Arend Paap]]
* [[Jan Paap]]
* [[Martin Paap (father)]]
* [[Martin Paap (father)]]
* [[Maltin Paap]]
* [[Martin Paap]]
* [[Antonie Ronald Paap]]
* [[Angelo Paap]]
* [[Angelo Paap]]
* [[Walter Noord]]
* [[Walter Noord]]
* [[Vader Era]]
* [[Rotterdam]]
* [[Middenvader Era]]
* [[Vriend Era]]
* [[Vriend Era]]


[[Category:Paap family]]
[[Category:Paap family]]
[[Category:Paap family members]]
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[[Category:Vriend Era]]
[[Category:Vader Era]]
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Middenvader Era]]
[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:2025 deaths]]
[[Category:People]]
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Revision as of 17:39, 28 May 2026

Maltin Paap
File:Maltin.PNG
Maltin Paap
Born
Maltin Paap

(1963-08-30) 30 August 1963 (age 62)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
FatherMartin Paap I

Maltin Paap (born 30 August 1963), also known as Disco Dancer, is a Dutch member of the Paap family from Rotterdam. He is listed among the family members active during the Vriend Era. He became known through his Rotterdam background, his nickname, his informal personal reputation, and his later stay at the homeless camp on the outskirts of Rotterdam run by Angelo Paap.

Early life

Maltin Paap was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 30 August 1963. He was the son of Martin Paap I, placing him in the Rotterdam line of the Paap family.

He grew up during the early period of the Vriend Era, when several members of the Paap family became more visible in Rotterdam. Maltin was part of the wider Paap family structure, while Martin Paap became the central Paap figure within De Vrienden and later leader of the family.

Family background

The Paap family is one of the principal families connected to De Vrienden. The family had an established Rotterdam presence during the Vriend Era, with several members appearing in family records and later accounts.

Maltin Paap belonged to the same wider family environment as Martin Paap, Angelo Paap, Antonie Ronald Paap, and Martin Paap I. His own record does not place him in a leadership position inside the family. His page is instead based on his personal profile, Rotterdam identity, and later involvement in the homeless camp case.

Personal life

Maltin Paap was known by the nickname "Disco Dancer". The nickname came from his link to disco culture and nightlife in Rotterdam.

Descriptions of Maltin Paap also mention beer drinking, drug use, digging, and refusal to pay. He was repeatedly linked to the phrase "Het is van mij", meaning "It is mine" in Dutch. The phrase became one of the main informal details attached to his name.

No formal occupation is listed for Maltin Paap. His known profile is based mainly on family placement, local reputation, and later events involving vulnerable Paap family members in Rotterdam.

Homeless camp

In later life Maltin Paap stayed at the homeless camp on the outskirts of Rotterdam where Antonie Ronald Paap and Martin Paap I were also present. The site was run by Angelo Paap, the son of Martin Paap I.

Angelo controlled the camp and restricted the movement of people living there. Maltin Paap, Antonie Ronald Paap, and Martin Paap I received little food and were kept inside the camp for long periods. People connected to the site called Angelo a concentration camp general because of the way he controlled the residents.

The camp became one of the main later-life events linked to Maltin Paap. His presence there placed him among the vulnerable Paap family members whose living conditions later drew outside attention.

Petition and rehabilitation

In 2023 Walter Noord started a petition to move Antonie Ronald Paap, Martin Paap I, and Maltin Paap out of the camp. The petition was aimed at ending their confinement and placing them under formal care.

The petition succeeded in August 2023. Antonie Ronald Paap and Martin Paap I were transferred to a supervised care home in the Rotterdam area, while Maltin Paap was sent to a rehabilitation centre.

Following public attention surrounding the camp, Angelo Paap became the subject of investigations into corruption, abuse, and unethical treatment of vulnerable residents connected to the site. Walter Noord was later credited by members of the Paap family with helping secure safer living conditions for the men removed from the camp.

Personal characteristics

Maltin Paap stood 1.93 metres tall and weighed approximately 70 kilograms. He had blue eyes and brown hair.

His public image remained based on a small number of repeated details: his nickname "Disco Dancer", his Rotterdam background, his drug use, his refusal to pay, his habit of digging, and his repeated phrase "Het is van mij".

See also

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