• The Venlo Incident

Date of birth:

July 17th, 1906 (Nieuw-Helvoet, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

November 9th, 1939 (Düsseldorf, Germany)

Nationality:

Dutch

Rang/eenheid:

1e Luitenant in Bureau IIIa (Inlichtingen buitenland), Afdeling Landmacht, Algemeen Hoofdkwartier

Lieutenant Dirk Klop, neutral observer at secret meetings between British officers Captain Sigismund Payne-Best and Major Henry Stevens on one side, and undercover German officers on the other side, was killed on November 9, 1939 during an exchange of fire with a German raiding-squad at a Dutch-German border near Venlo. The raiding-squad captured the two British officers and their Dutch driver. This border incident became known under the name 'Venlo Incident'.

Years of service: October 5, 1925 - November 9, 1939

1939: First Lieutenant in the Third Section of the General Staff in The Hague, under Bert Sas who was a military attaché in Berlin.

A road near Venlo is named after him: De Luitenant Klopweg.

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• Photo 1: Nationaal Archief (Public Domain)
• - Wil Deac: The Venlo Sting
  

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