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The '''Vader Era''' (1934–1945) was a historical period that preceded the [[Middenvader Era]]. It was defined by the military activity of the older generation of the five principal families, the growth of wartime family networks, the early construction of [[Vriendendam]], and the founding of the movement that later developed into the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]].
'''The Vader Era''' was the historical period from 1920 to 1945, following the [[Pre-Vader Era]] and preceding the [[Middenvader Era]]. It corresponded to the main adult period of the generation classified as the [[Vaders]] and included the interwar period and the [[Second World War]].<ref name="timeline-vader"/>


The era ended in 1945 with the collapse of wartime authority in Europe. Its aftermath led directly into the Middenvader Era, during which former military, industrial, and family structures were reorganized.
The period included the establishment of [[Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG]] in Liechtenstein and the wartime service of members of the Noord and Paap families. During the final years of the era, [[Jan Paap]] founded the [[Argentine Einsatz]], which became the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]] in August 1944.<ref name="van-noord-history"/><ref name="jan-tanoa"/>


== Background ==
== Background ==
The Vader Era began after the political and economic instability that followed the [[First World War]]. Germany remained under the [[Weimar Republic]] until [[Adolf Hitler]] became chancellor in 1933. The Nazi government subsequently removed political opposition and expanded the German armed forces.<ref name="nazi-background"/>


The Vader Era began during the period in which members of the older family generation entered military and state service in Europe. These men later became known collectively as the Vaders because they formed the parental generation of the later figures associated with [[De Vrienden]].
The German military expansion affected members of families later represented among the Vaders. [[Angelo van Noord]] entered German military service in 1934, while Jan Paap joined the army in 1936.<ref name="angelo-training"/><ref name="jan-military"/>
 
The era is mainly connected to the [[Noord family]], [[Paap family]], [[Van Hetten family]], [[Hoos family]], and [[Schroeter family]]. During this period, members of these families served in military formations, operated industrial assets, maintained family authority, and created the early contacts that later shaped the Middenvader and Vriend periods.
 
The Vader Era was not centered on a single organization comparable to De Vrienden. It was a wartime and pre-war period in which separate family lines developed through military service, industrial ownership, and local settlement.


== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==


{| class="wikitable"
=== 1920 ===
! Year
* The Vader Era began following the end of the [[Pre-Vader Era]] in 1919.<ref name="timeline-vader"/>
! Event
|-
| 1934
| [[Angelo van Noord]] began his military career by joining the [[Wehrmacht]] on 1 November 1934. His entry into service became one of the earliest documented events of the Vader Era.
|-
| 1935
| Angelo van Noord continued training and service in motorized reconnaissance formations. He served with units connected to Kraftfahr-Abteilung Cannstadt and later Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5.
|-
| 1936
| [[Jan Paap]] joined the Wehrmacht. His military service later formed the basis of his break with the older [[Paap family]] structure and his creation of the movement that became the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen.
|-
| 1937
| Members of the principal families remained active in military, industrial, and administrative environments in Germany and the Netherlands. These networks later formed part of the background of the Middenvader Era.
|-
| 1938
| Angelo van Noord continued in training and leadership duties and was promoted to Leutnant. The [[Schroeter family]] remained connected to agriculture, military service, and industrial production through [[Schroeter Traktoren]].
|-
| 1939
| The Second World War began. Angelo van Noord participated in the invasion of Poland while serving with the 2. Panzer-Division. Schroeter industrial production became increasingly connected to wartime demand.
|-
| 1940
| Angelo van Noord transferred to the Abwehr and was assigned to Baulehr-Bataillon zur besonderen Verwendungen 800. On 10 May 1940, he led the assault on the railway bridge at Gennep during the German invasion of the Netherlands.
|-
| 24 June 1940
| Angelo van Noord received the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross for his role in the Gennep bridge operation. He also received the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class during the same period.
|-
| 1941
| On 30 November 1941, Angelo van Noord became Bataillonskommandeur of the 1st battalion of Lehr-Regiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800.
|-
| 1942
| Angelo van Noord served on the Eastern Front with Brandenburg units. Recorded areas connected to his service include Kursk, Voronezh, the Don region, the Caucasus, Crimea, and the Mius sector.
|-
| 1943
| Jan Paap encountered his cousin [[Antonie Paap]] during the recapture of an airfield on the Eastern Front. Their argument escalated into a physical fight in which Jan assaulted Antonie and knocked out his teeth. The incident contributed to Jan’s break with the Paap family line.
|-
| 1943
| Angelo van Noord continued service with Brandenburg formations during their expansion into a larger divisional structure. His assignments connected him to operations in the Balkans, Greece, Yugoslavia, and Romania.
|-
| 1944
| Jan Paap deserted after a later incident on the Eastern Front. He bribed the Waffen-SS officer [[Georg Schäfer]] to assist his escape, fled to Spain, and later settled in Argentina.
|-
| 1944
| Jan Paap founded the [[Argentine Einsatz]], the movement that later developed into the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]. The [[NSTAP]] was also founded in 1944 as the political organization of the emerging Tanoan structure.
|-
| September 1944
| During the [[Battle of Arnhem]], several fathers of an SS armoured division built houses north of Arnhem for defensive and logistical use. These houses became the origin of [[Vriendendam]].
|-
| 1944
| [[Vriendendam]] began as a wartime settlement connected to defensive preparations north of Arnhem. Its early houses were constructed for accommodation, logistics, and recreation of stationed fathers.
|-
| March 1945
| Angelo van Noord entered his final wartime posting as a staff chief with the SS-Jagdverbände under Otto Skorzeny.
|-
| 8 May 1945
| The war in Europe ended. Angelo van Noord destroyed his Soldbuch and obtained a forged Soldbuch under the name "Uwe Tering" to conceal his connection to the SS unit.
|-
| July 1945
| Angelo van Noord was released by American authorities under the false name "Uwe Tering" after hospitalization in Traunstein. This marked the beginning of his post-war period under false identities.
|-
| 1945
| The Vader Era ended. Former wartime family structures entered a post-war transition period, leading to the [[Middenvader Era]] in 1946.
|}


== Main developments ==
=== 1933 ===
* January
** 30 January – Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. The Nazi government subsequently dismantled the Weimar political system and established a dictatorship.<ref name="nazi-background"/>


The Vader Era was shaped by military service, wartime family authority, and the early formation of later institutions. It was the period in which the older generation of the principal families gained experience in command, logistics, industry, administration, and territorial organization.
=== 1934 ===
* Ten members of the [[Noord family]] moved to [[Schaan]], [[Liechtenstein]], and established [[Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG]] as the holding company for their manufacturing businesses.<ref name="van-noord-history"/>


The Noord family is mainly represented in this period through Angelo van Noord, whose service connected him to German motorized reconnaissance units, the Abwehr, Brandenburg formations, the Balkans, Romania, and the SS-Jagdverbände. His military career placed the Noord family within the wartime structures that later influenced family memory and post-war networks.
=== 1939 ===
* September
** 1 September – [[Nazi Germany]] invaded [[Poland]], beginning the [[Second World War]] in Europe.<ref name="war-start"/>
** 3 September – The [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] declared war on Germany.<ref name="war-start"/>


The Paap family is represented by Jan Paap. His service in the Wehrmacht, conflict with Antonie Paap, rejection of the expected family succession role, and desertion in 1944 led to the formation of the Argentine Einsatz. This movement became the origin of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen and formed one of the most important long-term consequences of the Vader Era.
=== 1940 ===
* May
** 10 May – Germany invaded the Netherlands. Angelo van Noord commanded the seizure of the railway bridge at [[Gennep]], with [[Martin Paap I]] serving under him in 4./Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800.<ref name="gennep"/>
* November
** 2 November – [[Antonius Martin Paap]] died. [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]] succeeded him as [[Great Paap]].<ref name="great-paap"/>


The Schroeter family remained connected to agriculture, military service, and industrial manufacturing. [[Schroeter Traktoren]] existed as a major family asset during this period and later became the main cause of the internal Schroeter dispute during the Middenvader Era.
=== 1943 ===
* January
** 6 January – Jan Paap rejected the expected Great Paap succession during a confrontation with [[Antonie Ronald Paap]] at Rzhev airfield. Martin Paap I later received preparation as the replacement heir.<ref name="jan-military"/>
* Internal conflict began among the owners of Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG. Sabotage and killings continued until the company ceased operating in 1945.<ref name="van-noord-collapse"/>


== Vriendendam ==
=== 1944 ===
* January
** 17 January – Jan Paap decided to desert from German military service. He travelled west through occupied Europe before reaching Argentina in May.<ref name="jan-military"/>
* May
** 13 May – Jan reached [[Rada Tilly]] and founded the [[Argentine Einsatz]].<ref name="jan-tanoa"/>
* July
** 28 July – The Argentine Einsatz expedition departed from [[Comodoro Rivadavia]] for Tanoa.<ref name="jan-tanoa"/>
* August
** 9 August – The expedition reached [[Tanoa]] and landed on [[Ravi-Ta]]. The Argentine Einsatz was reorganized as the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]], and Jan became the first [[Führer of Tanoa]].<ref name="jan-tanoa"/>
* September
** During the [[Battle of Arnhem]], houses were constructed north of Arnhem behind the German defensive position. These became the first houses of [[Vriendendam]].<ref name="vriendendam-arnhem"/>


[[Vriendendam]] originated in 1944 during the final phase of the war in the Netherlands. After the German victory at the Battle of Arnhem, a defensive position was established north of Arnhem in anticipation of further Allied attacks. Fortifications were built, followed by houses used by stationed fathers.
=== 1945 ===
* May
** 8 May – The German surrender came into force in western Europe. On the same day, Jan Paap authorized [[Operation Sternzug]] to obtain German rocket personnel and technical records for Tanoa.<ref name="war-end"/><ref name="jan-tanoa"/>
* June
** 16 June – [[Oskar Dirlewanger]] killed [[Ilie Ionuț]] in Bucharest during his attempt to seize the [[Bucharest Butchers]].<ref name="purge-ilie"/>
** 18–27 June – Dirlewanger assumed leadership of the Butchers and his supporters killed Ionuț family members who refused his command. The [[1945 Ionuț purge]] ended on 27 June, after which the restored [[House of Ionuț]] ceased to function.<ref name="purge-killings"/>
* September
** 2 September – Japan signed its formal surrender, ending the Second World War.<ref name="war-end"/>
* October
** 10 October – Jan Paap founded [[Georgetown]], which became the principal administrative centre of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen.<ref name="jan-tanoa"/>
* Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG ceased operating by the end of the year after the collapse of its wartime industrial network and the deaths or disappearances of most members of the Schaan branch.<ref name="van-noord-collapse"/>
* The Vader Era ended at the close of 1945. The [[Middenvader Era]] began in 1946.<ref name="timeline-vader"/>


The houses survived the end of the war because they were located away from the main fortifications. After 1945, they were occupied by other fathers and became the base of a post-war settlement. This settlement later developed into the industrial town of Vriendendam during the Middenvader Era.
== See also ==
 
* [[Timeline]]
The founding of Vriendendam is one of the main reasons the Vader Era remained relevant after 1945. It provided a physical location where the older wartime generation, later family industries, and post-war reconstruction overlapped.
* [[Pre-Vader Era]]
* [[Middenvader Era]]
* [[Vaders]]
* [[Second World War]]
* [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]
* [[Vriendendam]]


== Paap movement ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="timeline-vader">"[[Timeline#Vader Era|Vader Era]]". ''Timeline''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


The most important political development of the Vader Era was the creation of the Argentine Einsatz by Jan Paap in 1944. The movement began after Jan Paap broke with his family, fled Europe, and settled in Argentina.
<ref name="nazi-background">"[[Nazi Germany#Background|Background]]". ''Nazi Germany''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


The Argentine Einsatz later developed into the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen. Its creation placed the Paap family on a separate path from the other principal families. While other family structures entered post-war reconstruction and internal arbitration, the Paap-aligned movement developed into an external territorial and political organization.
<ref name="angelo-training">"[[Angelo van Noord#Early service and training (1934–1939)|Early service and training (1934–1939)]]". ''Angelo van Noord''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


The founding of the NSTAP in 1944 gave the emerging Tanoan structure a political framework. This made the late Vader Era the starting point of the political system that later expanded during the Middenvader and Vriend periods.
<ref name="jan-military">"[[Jan Paap#Military service|Military service]]". ''Jan Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


== Military and family networks ==
<ref name="van-noord-history">"[[Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG#History|History]]". ''Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


The Vader Era created the military and interpersonal background of the later family system. The five principal families were not yet organized through De Vrienden, but members of the older generation operated in overlapping European military, industrial, and administrative environments.
<ref name="van-noord-collapse">"[[Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG#Collapse|Collapse]]". ''Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


These contacts did not form a single formal alliance during the Vader Era. Their importance became clearer after 1945, when the families entered the Middenvader Era and began reorganizing their wartime structures into post-war family, industrial, and settlement networks.
<ref name="war-start">"[[Second World War#War breaks out in Europe|War breaks out in Europe]]". ''Second World War''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


The period also established the division between families that remained focused on Europe and the Paap-aligned structure that moved toward Argentina and later Tanoa.
<ref name="war-end">"[[Second World War#Start and end dates|Start and end dates]]". ''Second World War''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


== Transition to the Middenvader Era ==
<ref name="gennep">"[[Angelo van Noord#Operation in the Netherlands (10 May 1940)|Operation in the Netherlands (10 May 1940)]]". ''Angelo van Noord''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


The Vader Era ended in 1945 with the collapse of wartime authority in Europe. The end of the war did not remove the influence of the Vaders. Their military experience, industrial assets, family disputes, and surviving settlements shaped the period that followed.
<ref name="great-paap">"[[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap#Great Paap|Great Paap]]". ''Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


From 1946 onward, the focus shifted from wartime command to post-war reconstruction, internal arbitration, industrial ownership, and family separation. This marked the beginning of the Middenvader Era.
<ref name="jan-tanoa">"[[Jan Paap#Founding of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen|Founding of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]". ''Jan Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


The most important inheritances of the Vader Era were the early settlement of Vriendendam, the existence of Schroeter Traktoren as a disputed family asset, the post-war survival of several family networks, and the creation of the movement that later became the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen.
<ref name="vriendendam-arnhem">"[[Vriendendam#Battle of Arnhem|Battle of Arnhem]]". ''Vriendendam''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


== Characteristics ==
<ref name="purge-ilie">"[[1945 Ionuț purge#Killing of Ilie|Killing of Ilie]]". ''1945 Ionuț purge''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>


The Vader Era was characterized by military service, wartime logistics, industrial production, family authority, and early territorial organization. It was more externally oriented than the Middenvader Era because its main events occurred through wartime service, occupation, settlement, and flight from Europe.
<ref name="purge-killings">"[[1945 Ionuț purge#Killings|Killings]]". ''1945 Ionuț purge''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
 
}}
The era did not have a central social group equivalent to De Vrienden. Its defining figures were the older family members whose actions created the conditions for later periods. For this reason, the era functions as the foundation of the Middenvader and Vriend periods.
 
The era ended in 1945. The Middenvader Era began in 1946.
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Middenvader Era]]
* [[Vriend Era]]
* [[Vaders]]
* [[Vriendendam]]
* [[Battle of Arnhem]]
* [[Angelo van Noord]]
* [[Jan Paap]]
* [[Antonie Paap]]
* [[Georg Schäfer]]
* [[Argentine Einsatz]]
* [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]
* [[NSTAP]]
* [[Schroeter family]]
* [[Schroeter Traktoren]]
* [[Noord family]]
* [[Paap family]]
* [[Van Hetten family]]
* [[Hoos family]]
* [[De Vrienden]]


[[Category:Eras]]
[[Category:Eras]]
[[Category:Vader Era]]

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The Vader Era was the historical period from 1920 to 1945, following the Pre-Vader Era and preceding the Middenvader Era. It corresponded to the main adult period of the generation classified as the Vaders and included the interwar period and the Second World War.[1]

The period included the establishment of Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG in Liechtenstein and the wartime service of members of the Noord and Paap families. During the final years of the era, Jan Paap founded the Argentine Einsatz, which became the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen in August 1944.[2][3]

Background

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The Vader Era began after the political and economic instability that followed the First World War. Germany remained under the Weimar Republic until Adolf Hitler became chancellor in 1933. The Nazi government subsequently removed political opposition and expanded the German armed forces.[4]

The German military expansion affected members of families later represented among the Vaders. Angelo van Noord entered German military service in 1934, while Jan Paap joined the army in 1936.[5][6]

Chronology

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1920

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1933

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  • January
    • 30 January – Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. The Nazi government subsequently dismantled the Weimar political system and established a dictatorship.[4]

1934

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1939

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1940

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1943

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  • January
    • 6 January – Jan Paap rejected the expected Great Paap succession during a confrontation with Antonie Ronald Paap at Rzhev airfield. Martin Paap I later received preparation as the replacement heir.[6]
  • Internal conflict began among the owners of Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG. Sabotage and killings continued until the company ceased operating in 1945.[10]

1944

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  • January
    • 17 January – Jan Paap decided to desert from German military service. He travelled west through occupied Europe before reaching Argentina in May.[6]
  • May
  • July
  • August
  • September
    • During the Battle of Arnhem, houses were constructed north of Arnhem behind the German defensive position. These became the first houses of Vriendendam.[11]

1945

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  • May
    • 8 May – The German surrender came into force in western Europe. On the same day, Jan Paap authorized Operation Sternzug to obtain German rocket personnel and technical records for Tanoa.[12][3]
  • June
  • September
    • 2 September – Japan signed its formal surrender, ending the Second World War.[12]
  • October
    • 10 October – Jan Paap founded Georgetown, which became the principal administrative centre of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen.[3]
  • Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG ceased operating by the end of the year after the collapse of its wartime industrial network and the deaths or disappearances of most members of the Schaan branch.[10]
  • The Vader Era ended at the close of 1945. The Middenvader Era began in 1946.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Vader Era". Timeline. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "History". Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Founding of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen". Jan Paap. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Background". Nazi Germany. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  5. ↑ "Early service and training (1934–1939)". Angelo van Noord. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Military service". Jan Paap. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "War breaks out in Europe". Second World War. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  8. ↑ "Operation in the Netherlands (10 May 1940)". Angelo van Noord. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  9. ↑ "Great Paap". Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Collapse". Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  11. ↑ "Battle of Arnhem". Vriendendam. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Start and end dates". Second World War. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  13. ↑ "Killing of Ilie". 1945 Ionuț purge. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  14. ↑ "Killings". 1945 Ionuț purge. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
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