Vader Era

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chronology

1920

• The Vader Era began following the end of the Pre-Vader Era in 1919.

1933

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

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.

1939

• September
  • 1 September – Nazi Germany invaded Poland, beginning the Second World War in Europe.
  • 3 September – The United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany.

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.
• November
  • 2 November – Antonius Martin Paap died. Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap succeeded him as Great Paap.

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.
• Internal conflict began among the owners of Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG. Sabotage and killings continued until the company ceased operating in 1945.

1944

• January
  • 17 January – Jan Paap decided to desert from German military service. He travelled west through occupied Europe before reaching Argentina in May.
• May
  • 13 May – Jan reached Rada Tilly and founded the Argentine Einsatz.
• July
  • 28 July – The Argentine Einsatz expedition departed from Comodoro Rivadavia for 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.
• September
  • During the Battle of Arnhem, houses were constructed north of Arnhem behind the German defensive position. These became the first houses of Vriendendam.

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.
• June
  • 16 June – Oskar Dirlewanger killed Ilie Ionuț in Bucharest during his attempt to seize the Bucharest Butchers.
  • 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.
• September
  • 2 September – Japan signed its formal surrender, ending the Second World War.
• October
  • 10 October – Jan Paap founded Georgetown, which became the principal administrative centre of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen.
• 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.
• The Vader Era ended at the close of 1945. The Middenvader Era began in 1946.

See also

• Timeline
• Pre-Vader Era
• Middenvader Era
• Vaders
• Second World War
• Tanoa Einsatzgruppen
• Vriendendam