Editing Angelo van Noord (section)

== Postwar prosecution ==
From July 1945 until June 1946, van Noord lived under false names, including Emiel van Benda. He was arrested in Annaberg, Austria, in June 1946 by the Counter Intelligence Corps office at Hallein. On 1 February 1947, he was imprisoned in Dachau while the authorities investigated his wartime service.

The Netherlands requested his arrest and extradition over alleged violations of the laws of war during the Maas bridge operations of 10 May 1940. Yugoslavia submitted a separate request based on his command in the Brandenburg formation. Yugoslav correspondence described him as a lieutenant colonel and commander of the formation referred to as the ''Panduren des Balkan''.

Van Noord was extradited to the Netherlands in October 1947. Extradition to Yugoslavia was also considered, but the Dutch proceedings took priority. In November 1947, van Noord prepared a detailed written account of the actions of 4./Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 during the invasion.

Investigators found no traceable record of van Noord having been a member of the NSDAP or another Nazi Party organization. In his written account, he stated that he had acted under orders but accepted responsibility for the conduct of the soldiers under his command.

Van Noord requested either his release or a prompt trial. His submissions referred to his lasting war injuries and the financial condition of his family. The proceedings did not produce a full criminal trial, although he appeared as a witness in cases involving the Dutch collaborators Julius Herdtman and Auke Damhof.

On 4 March 1950, the public prosecutor decided not to pursue the case. The decision stated that any likely sentence would not exceed the period van Noord had already spent in pre-trial detention. On 17 May, he was escorted to Venlo and sent into Germany with a one-way train ticket.