Editing Jan Paap

{{Infobox person
| name = Jan Paap
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|1|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Warendorf]], [[Germany]]
| death_date = 1999–2005
| death_place = [[Tanoa]]
| era = [[Vader Era]]<br>[[Middenvader Era]]<br>[[Vriend Era]]
| known_for = Founder of the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]
| height = 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
| title = [[Führer of Tanoa]]
| term = 13 May 1944 – January 1980
| predecessor = Office established
| successor = [[Eef Paap]]
| political_party = [[NSTAP]]
| children = {{hlist|[[Eef Paap]]|[[Daniel Paap]]|[[Richard Nicolaas Paap]]}}
| father = [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]]
| relatives = [[Antonie Ronald Paap]] (cousin)
| family = [[Paap family]]
}}

'''Jan Paap''' (21 January 1919 – between 1999 and 2005) was a German-born dictator and former [[Wehrmacht]] soldier who founded the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]. He served as the first [[Führer of Tanoa]] from 1944 until his retirement in January 1980. After deserting from the [[Eastern Front]], Paap formed the [[Argentine Einsatz]] in [[Rada Tilly]] and led its expedition to [[Tanoa]]. His son [[Eef Paap]] succeeded him as Führer.<ref name="argentine-history"/><ref name="government-leadership"/>

== Early life ==
Jan Paap was born in [[Warendorf]], Germany, on 21 January 1919. He was the second son of [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]] and was selected as the expected successor to the title of [[Great Paap]]. Paap resisted the discipline imposed by his family. He was arrested after repeatedly robbing bakeries at night and spent one week in jail.

Before the [[Second World War]], Paap entered the external register of [[Glöbbery]]. The order later treated the political system he established in Tanoa as an instrument through which it could obtain foreign support and access to state authority.<ref name="great-paap-history"/><ref name="globbery-members"/>

== Military service and departure from Europe ==
Paap joined the Wehrmacht in 1936. He served during the campaigns in [[France]] and the [[Soviet Union]], reaching the rank of [[Gefreiter]]. In 1943, he encountered his cousin [[Antonie Ronald Paap]] during the recapture of an airfield on the Eastern Front. An argument developed into a physical fight in which Jan knocked out several of Antonie's teeth. Officers separated the two men, and both were reassigned.<ref name="antonie-military"/>

After the confrontation, Paap rejected his expected succession as Great Paap. He severed ties with his father and withdrew from the traditions of the Paap family. [[Martin Paap I]] later assumed the family title in his place.<ref name="great-paap-history"/>

In 1944, Paap bribed Waffen-SS officer [[Georg Schäfer]] to assist his desertion from the Eastern Front. He escaped through [[Spain]] before travelling to [[Argentina]].<ref name="tanoa-history-1940s"/>

== Founding of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen ==
Paap arrived in Rada Tilly on 13 May 1944. He established contact with sympathetic political networks in [[Patagonia]] and with [[Jose Alem]], the father of [[Chiche Alem]]. Paap learned Spanish while preparing a centralized authoritarian state intended to operate beyond the jurisdiction of an existing government.<ref name="argentine-formation"/>

Paap organized the Argentine Einsatz through recruitment cells in Patagonia. Former soldiers provided the movement with military personnel, while technical recruits prepared the equipment needed for a permanent settlement. By August 1944, the organization had approximately 3,400 members.<ref name="argentine-recruitment"/>

The expedition reached Tanoa on 9 August 1944 and landed first on [[Ravi-Ta]]. The Argentine Einsatz established its initial command base on the island before being reorganized as the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen. Paap became Führer and initially governed through direct military orders. Native inhabitants were compelled to construct the settlement and military infrastructure used by the expedition.<ref name="argentine-expedition"/><ref name="tanoa-history-1940s"/>

Paap founded the [[NSTAP]] in 1944 as the ruling political party of the emerging state. In 1945, he ordered the construction of [[Georgetown]], which was named after Georg Schäfer. Paap also founded the [[Paapjugend]] as the regime's youth organization and established the [[Reichsschatzamt von Tanoa]] to control state property and financial accounting.<ref name="tanoa-history-1940s"/>

== Rule as Führer ==
As Führer, Paap held supreme authority over the government and its security institutions. Territorial administration and major policy decisions remained subordinate to him. The regime did not have an independent legislature or judiciary capable of limiting his authority.<ref name="government-leadership"/>

Paap's government expanded forced labour to construct infrastructure and extract natural resources. Security units confiscated property and used detention and violence against resistance. Later investigations documented torture during interrogations and killings carried out without judicial proceedings.<ref name="tanoa-history-1940s"/>

In 1950, Paap established the [[Oberkommando der Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]] as the central command authority of the state. The Reichsschatzamt later introduced the [[Tanoanische Reichsmark]]. Coins carried Paap's portrait, while access to currency was controlled through employment classification and political loyalty. He continued to create administrative offices during the 1950s, placing their leadership under the authority of the Führer.<ref name="tanoa-history-1950s"/>

The regime expanded beyond Tanoa during Paap's rule. [[Patagonia]] came under de facto Tanoan control in 1953, and [[Argentina]] was annexed in 1965. The annexed territory was incorporated into the regime's financial system and placed under its population registration and labour controls.<ref name="tanoa-history-1950s"/><ref name="tanoa-history-1960s"/>

In 1974, the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen placed [[Liberia]] under a puppet administration known as [[Großliberia]]. [[Fiji]] was annexed the following year and placed under direct military government. [[Rwanda]] became a Tanoan puppet state in 1979. These territorial changes formed part of the [[Tanoa Einsatz Expansionist Campaign]]. In 1976, Paap's government introduced the [[Neger Buch]] as a compulsory population registration document for native inhabitants of Tanoa.<ref name="tanoa-history-1970s"/>

== Retirement and death ==
During the late 1970s, Paap selected his son Eef as his successor. He formally retired in January 1980 after thirty-six years as Führer. Eef was promoted during a state ceremony in Georgetown on 6 November 1980. Because Eef was still a child, Jan continued to advise him informally until 1987.<ref name="tanoa-history-1980s"/><ref name="eef-succession"/>

Paap remained in Tanoa after withdrawing from government. The date of his death was not documented, although it was estimated to have occurred between 1999 and 2005 and was generally attributed to old age.

After the collapse of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen, members of the [[Fish Collective]] claimed that fragmented records recovered from the [[Führerhaus]] indicated that Eef Paap may have killed his father in 2005 to secure undisputed control over the regime. The surviving records did not conclusively establish the claim.

== See also ==
* [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]
* [[History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]
* [[Argentine Einsatz]]
* [[Führer of Tanoa]]
* [[Eef Paap]]
* [[Great Paap]]
* [[Glöbbery]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="antonie-military">"[[Antonie Ronald Paap#Military service|Military service]]". ''Antonie Ronald Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="argentine-expedition">"[[Argentine Einsatz#Expedition to Tanoa|Expedition to Tanoa]]". ''Argentine Einsatz''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="argentine-formation">"[[Argentine Einsatz#Formation at Rada Tilly|Formation at Rada Tilly]]". ''Argentine Einsatz''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="argentine-history">"[[Argentine Einsatz#History|History]]". ''Argentine Einsatz''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="argentine-recruitment">"[[Argentine Einsatz#Recruitment and preparation|Recruitment and preparation]]". ''Argentine Einsatz''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="eef-succession">"[[Eef Paap#Succession|Succession]]". ''Eef Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="globbery-members">"[[Glöbbery#Members|Members]]". ''Glöbbery''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="government-leadership">"[[Government of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen#Leadership principle|Leadership principle]]". ''Government of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="great-paap-history">"[[Great Paap#History|History]]". ''Great Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="tanoa-history-1940s">"[[History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen#The 1940s|The 1940s]]". ''History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="tanoa-history-1950s">"[[History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen#The 1950s|The 1950s]]". ''History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="tanoa-history-1960s">"[[History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen#The 1960s|The 1960s]]". ''History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="tanoa-history-1970s">"[[History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen#The 1970s|The 1970s]]". ''History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="tanoa-history-1980s">"[[History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen#The 1980s|The 1980s]]". ''History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
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