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{{Infobox military person
{{Infobox person
| name = Martin Paap I
| name = Martin Paap I
| image = Martin Paap I, c 1960s.png
| image = Martin Paap I, c 1960s.png
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|9|3|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|9|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| birth_place = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|11|17|1905|9|3|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|11|17|1905|9|3|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_place = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| allegiance = [[Nazi Germany]]
| other_names = Martin Paap (father)
| branch = [[Wehrmacht]]
| era = {{hlist|[[Vader Era]]|[[Middenvader Era]]|[[Vriend Era]]}}
| serviceyears = 1934–1945
| title = [[Great Paap]]
| rank = [[Unteroffizier]]
| term = 28 October 1948–2007
| unit = {{ubl|4./[[Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800]]|I./[[Lehr-Regiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800]]}}
| predecessor = [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]]
| battles = {{ubl|[[Second World War]]|[[Western campaign]]|[[German invasion of the Netherlands]]|[[Maas-Waal Canal line]]}}
| successor = [[Martin Paap]]
| children = {{ubl|[[Martin Paap]]|[[Marty Paap]]|[[Laurens Paap]]|[[Maltin Paap]]|[[Cees Paap]]|[[Johnnie Paap]]|[[Angelo Paap]]}}
| children = {{ubl|[[Martin Paap]]|[[Marty Paap]]|[[Laurens Paap]]|[[Maltin Paap]]|[[Cees Paap]]|[[Johnnie Paap]]|[[Angelo Paap]]}}
| relations = {{ubl|[[Martha Paap]] (granddaughter)|[[Martin Paap III]] (grandson)|[[Paap family]]}}
| father = [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]]
| otherwork = [[Great Paap]] (28 October 1948–2007)
| mother = [[Elsbeth Kranz]]
| relatives = {{ubl|[[Martha Paap]] (granddaughter)|[[Martin Paap III]] (grandson)}}
| family = [[Paap family]]
| module = {{Infobox military person
| embed = yes
| allegiance = [[Nazi Germany]]
| branch = [[Wehrmacht (Nazi Germany)|Wehrmacht]]
| serviceyears = 1934–1945
| rank = [[Unteroffizier]]
| unit = {{ubl|4./[[Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800]]|I./[[Lehr-Regiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800]]}}
| battles = {{ubl|[[Second World War]]|[[Western campaign]]|[[German invasion of the Netherlands]]|[[Maas-Waal Canal line]]}}
}}
}}
}}


'''Martin Paap I''' (3 September 1905 – 17 November 2018), also known as '''Martin Paap (father)''', was a Dutch [[Unteroffizier]] in the [[Wehrmacht]] and a member of the [[Paap family]] from [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]. During the [[Second World War]], he served in 4./[[Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800]], the 4th Company of Baulehr-Bataillon zur besonderen Verwendung 800. The company was part of the [[Abwehr]] special operations structure and was commanded by [[Angelo van Noord]] during the [[German invasion of the Netherlands]] on 10 May 1940.
'''Martin Paap I''' (3 September 1905 – 17 November 2025), also known as '''Martin Paap (father)''', was a Dutch member of the [[Paap family]] who served as an [[Unteroffizier]] in the [[Wehrmacht (Nazi Germany)|Wehrmacht]] during the [[Second World War]]. He served with 4./[[Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800]] during the [[German invasion of the Netherlands]] in May 1940. Paap became the fourth [[Great Paap]] on 28 October 1948 after the war-crimes conviction of his father, [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]], and held the title until 2007.
 
Paap became [[Great Paap]] on 28 October 1948, following the war-crimes conviction of [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]]. [[Jan Paap]] had rejected the expected succession in 1944. Martin Paap I remained head of the Paap family until 2007, when he was succeeded by his son [[Martin Paap]].<ref name="martinus-great-paap"/>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==


Martin Paap was born in Rotterdam on 3 September 1905. He entered German military service during the 1930s.
Martin Paap was born in [[Rotterdam]] on 3 September 1905 to [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]] and [[Elsbeth Kranz]]. His parents were temporarily staying in Rotterdam at the time and returned to Germany in 1906.<ref name="martinus-personal-life"/>


By 1940, Paap held the rank of Unteroffizier and had been assigned to 4./Baulehr-Btl.z.b.V.800 under the Abwehr special operations structure.
Paap entered German military service in 1934. By 1940, he had reached the rank of Unteroffizier and was serving in 4./Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 under the [[Abwehr]] special-operations structure.


== Military career ==
== Military career ==


Paap served in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. His main recorded wartime unit was 4./Baulehr-Btl.z.b.V.800, formally the 4. Kompanie of Baulehr-Bataillon zur besonderen Verwendung 800. The battalion was used for commando operations before and during regular German advances.
Paap served in 4./Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 during the 1940 [[Western campaign]]. The unit's 4th Company was commanded by [[Angelo van Noord]] during the German invasion of the Netherlands.


On 10 May 1940, 4./Baulehr-Btl.z.b.V.800 took part in the German invasion of the Netherlands. The company was assigned to seize bridges over the Maas and the Maas–Waal Canal before Dutch forces could demolish them. Paap served under Angelo van Noord in the company structure used for these bridge operations.
On 10 May 1940, the company was assigned to seize bridges over the Maas and the Maas–Waal Canal before Dutch forces could demolish them. Paap served in the company during these operations.


After the Western campaign, Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 was expanded into Lehr-Regiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800. The 1st to 4th companies formed part of I. Bau-Lehr-Bataillon within the regiment. Paap remained in the Brandenburg formation during the wider wartime period.
Following the Western campaign, Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 was expanded into [[Lehr-Regiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800]]. Its first four companies became part of I. Bau-Lehr-Bataillon. Paap subsequently served in I./Lehr-Regiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800 and remained with the Brandenburg formation during the war.


== Paap family leadership ==
== Paap family leadership ==


In 1944, Jan Paap rejected the expected succession and left Europe. Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap nevertheless remained Great Paap until 28 October 1948. On that date, Martinus was convicted of war crimes and Martin Paap I succeeded him as Great Paap.<ref name="martinus-great-paap"/>
When Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap became [[Great Paap]] in 1940, Martin I had not completed the custodial instruction associated with the [[Book of Paap]]. Martinus therefore intended his younger son, [[Jan Paap]], to succeed him.<ref name="jan-military"/>


Paap remained head of the Paap family through the [[Middenvader Era]] and into the [[Vriend Era]]. His leadership ended in 2007, when his son Martin Paap became the next Great Paap.
Jan formally rejected the succession at Rzhev airfield on 6 January 1943 after a confrontation with [[Antonie Ronald Paap]]. Martin I subsequently received the preparation required to become the replacement heir. Jan remained in German military service until January 1944, when he deserted and later left Europe.<ref name="jan-military"/>


== Later life and death ==
Martinus remained Great Paap until his conviction for war crimes on 28 October 1948. Martin Paap I succeeded him on the same day.<ref name="martinus-great-paap"/> Martinus accepted the succession and continued to advise his son on Paap family matters after his release from prison in 1954.<ref name="martinus-great-paap"/>


After the family succession passed to Martin Paap in 2007, Martin Paap I remained in Rotterdam.
Paap held the position for almost six decades. In 2007, his son [[Martin Paap]] succeeded him as Great Paap.


Paap died in Rotterdam on 17 November 2018, at the age of 113.
== Later life and death ==


== Personal life ==
After leaving the position of Great Paap in 2007, Paap remained in Rotterdam. By 2023, he was living with [[Maltin Paap]] and [[Antonie Ronald Paap]] in a homeless camp. [[Walter Noord]] petitioned for the three men to be removed from the camp and placed under formal care.<ref name="maltin-2023"/>


Martin Paap I was the father of Martin Paap, Marty Paap, Laurens Paap, Maltin Paap, Cees Paap, Johnnie Paap and Angelo Paap. Through Martin Paap, he was the grandfather of Martha Paap and Martin Paap III.
The petition resulted in Martin Paap I being transferred to a supervised care home in Rotterdam in August 2023. He remained there until his death from natural causes on 17 November 2025, at the age of 120.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Paap family]]
* [[Paap family members]]
* [[Great Paap]]
* [[Book of Paap]]
* [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]]
* [[Jan Paap]]
* [[Martin Paap]]
* [[Angelo van Noord]]
* [[Angelo van Noord]]
* [[Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800]]
* [[Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800]]
* [[Lehr-Regiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800]]
* [[Lehr-Regiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800]]
* [[Brandenburgers]]
* [[German invasion of the Netherlands]]
* [[Maas-Waal Canal line]]
* [[Martin Paap]]
* [[Marty Paap]]
* [[Laurens Paap]]
* [[Maltin Paap]]
* [[Cees Paap]]
* [[Johnnie Paap]]
* [[Paap family]]
* [[Paap family members]]
* [[Great Paap]]
* [[Vader Era]]
* [[Middenvader Era]]
* [[Vriend Era]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="martinus-personal-life">"[[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap#Personal life|Personal life]]". ''Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="jan-military">"[[Jan Paap#Military service|Military service]]". ''Jan Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="martinus-great-paap">"[[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap#Great Paap|Great Paap]]". ''Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="martinus-great-paap">"[[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap#Great Paap|Great Paap]]". ''Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="maltin-2023">"[[Maltin Paap]]". ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
}}
}}


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Latest revision as of 22:24, 10 September 2026

Martin Paap I
Born
Martin Paap

(1905-09-03)3 September 1905
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died17 November 2025(2025-11-17) (aged 120)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Other namesMartin Paap (father)
Era
TitleGreat Paap
Term28 October 1948–2007
PredecessorMartinus Antonius Johannes Paap
SuccessorMartin Paap
Children
Parents
Relatives
FamilyPaap family
Military career
AllegianceNazi Germany
BranchWehrmacht
Service years1934–1945
RankUnteroffizier
Unit
Conflicts

Martin Paap I (3 September 1905 – 17 November 2025), also known as Martin Paap (father), was a Dutch member of the Paap family who served as an Unteroffizier in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. He served with 4./Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 during the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940. Paap became the fourth Great Paap on 28 October 1948 after the war-crimes conviction of his father, Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap, and held the title until 2007.

Early life

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Martin Paap was born in Rotterdam on 3 September 1905 to Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap and Elsbeth Kranz. His parents were temporarily staying in Rotterdam at the time and returned to Germany in 1906.[1]

Paap entered German military service in 1934. By 1940, he had reached the rank of Unteroffizier and was serving in 4./Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 under the Abwehr special-operations structure.

Military career

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Paap served in 4./Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 during the 1940 Western campaign. The unit's 4th Company was commanded by Angelo van Noord during the German invasion of the Netherlands.

On 10 May 1940, the company was assigned to seize bridges over the Maas and the Maas–Waal Canal before Dutch forces could demolish them. Paap served in the company during these operations.

Following the Western campaign, Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 was expanded into Lehr-Regiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800. Its first four companies became part of I. Bau-Lehr-Bataillon. Paap subsequently served in I./Lehr-Regiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800 and remained with the Brandenburg formation during the war.

Paap family leadership

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When Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap became Great Paap in 1940, Martin I had not completed the custodial instruction associated with the Book of Paap. Martinus therefore intended his younger son, Jan Paap, to succeed him.[2]

Jan formally rejected the succession at Rzhev airfield on 6 January 1943 after a confrontation with Antonie Ronald Paap. Martin I subsequently received the preparation required to become the replacement heir. Jan remained in German military service until January 1944, when he deserted and later left Europe.[2]

Martinus remained Great Paap until his conviction for war crimes on 28 October 1948. Martin Paap I succeeded him on the same day.[3] Martinus accepted the succession and continued to advise his son on Paap family matters after his release from prison in 1954.[3]

Paap held the position for almost six decades. In 2007, his son Martin Paap succeeded him as Great Paap.

Later life and death

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After leaving the position of Great Paap in 2007, Paap remained in Rotterdam. By 2023, he was living with Maltin Paap and Antonie Ronald Paap in a homeless camp. Walter Noord petitioned for the three men to be removed from the camp and placed under formal care.[4]

The petition resulted in Martin Paap I being transferred to a supervised care home in Rotterdam in August 2023. He remained there until his death from natural causes on 17 November 2025, at the age of 120.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Personal life". Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Military service". Jan Paap. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Great Paap". Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap. Vrienden Universe Wiki.
  4. ↑ "Maltin Paap". Vrienden Universe Wiki.
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