Jan Paap: Difference between revisions

| death_date = 1999–2005

| death_place = [[Tanoa]]

| known_for = Founder of the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]

| height = 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)

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== Early life ==

== 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"/>

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"/>

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"/>

== 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"/>

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"/>

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"/>

* [[Eef Paap]]

* [[Great Paap]]

* [[Glöbbery]]

== References ==

<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="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>