Middenvader Era

The Middenvader Era was the historical period from 1946 to 1959, following the Vader Era and preceding the Vriend Era. It was a transitional period in which the older generation remained active while developments associated with the later Vriend Era began to take shape.

In the Netherlands, the period included the internal division of the Schroeter family and the development of new industry in Vriendendam. During the same years, Jan Paap consolidated the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen and extended its control outside Tanoa.

Background

The Middenvader Era began after the end of the Second World War. Within the Schroeter family, the shift from wartime production to peacetime industry increased disagreements over the ownership and future of Schroeter Traktoren. By the late 1940s, the family had divided into opposing groups around the company.

Jan Paap had established the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen in 1944 and remained Führer of Tanoa throughout the Middenvader Era. During the 1950s he created new central institutions and began extending Tanoan authority into South America.

Chronology

1946

• The Middenvader Era began following the end of the Vader Era in 1945.

1948

• October
  • 28 October – Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap was convicted of war crimes. His term as Great Paap ended and Martin Paap I succeeded him.

1949

• The first Middenvader Commissie was held in Vriendendam to address the dispute over Schroeter Traktoren. The meeting ended without a lasting agreement and formally exposed the division within the family.

1950

• Schroeter Romeo was formally registered in Vriendendam after Lourens Schroeter (father) and Lourens Schroeter expanded their post-war vehicle workshop into an automotive manufacturer.
• Jan Paap established the Oberkommando der Tanoa Einsatzgruppen as the central command authority of the Tanoan state.

1952

• Jan Paap authorized a biological reconstruction programme intended to recreate extinct species for military use.

1953

• Patagonia came under de facto control of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen.

1954

• Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap was released from imprisonment and moved to Vriendendam. Later that year, he founded the Wehrmacht-Veteranenverein Vriendendam and became its first chairman.

1955

• April
  • 17 April – Rudolf Aziones ordered the Nakoriva massacre after the inhabitants of Nakoriva refused to recognize Tanoan authority. All 162 inhabitants of the village were killed.

1956

• The biological reconstruction programme authorized by Jan Paap produced its first successful prototype. The programme later developed into the Dinosaurier-Truppen.

1959

• A second Middenvader Commissie was held after the Schroeter dispute had continued through the 1950s. The meeting broke down after members of the Schroeters-West faction walked out.
• Several days after the commission, Ferdinand Schroeter was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds.
• July
  • Schroeter Traktoren closed its factories and ceased operations. A formal truce prohibited the company from being re-established.
• The Middenvader Era ended at the close of 1959. The Vriend Era began in 1960.

See also

• Timeline
• Vader Era
• Vriend Era
• Middenvader Commissie
• Tanoa Einsatzgruppen