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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"/> | 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 | After the confrontation, Paap rejected the [[Book of Paap]] because he did not believe its prophecy. He severed ties with his father and rejected the religious responsibility attached to the [[Great Paap]] succession. [[Martin Paap (father)|Martin Paap I]] became Great Paap in his place in 1944.<ref name="great-paap-history"/> | ||
The Book of Paap warned that the darkness would begin its final crusade when the next Paap rejected the book. Paapists later interpreted Jan's rejection as the fulfilment of this warning. | |||
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"/> | 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"/> | ||