page_title: Venlo incident
hierarchical_section_title: Venlo incident
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Collectie / Archief&#160;: Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie&#160;: [ onbekend ] Beschrijving&#160;: Grensincident Venlo; Reconstructie met Lemmens Datum&#160;: 20 februari 1948 Trefwoorden&#160;: RECONSTRUCTIES Fotograaf&#160;: Snikkers, […] / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende&#160;: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort&#160;: Glasnegatief Nummer archiefinventaris&#160;: bekijk toegang 2.24.01.09 Bestanddeelnummer&#160;: 902-6030
context_page_description: The Venlo incident was a covert German Sicherheitsdienst operation on 9 November 1939, in the course of which two British Secret Intelligence Service agents were captured five meters from the German border, on the outskirts of the Dutch town of Venlo.
  The incident was later used by the German Nazi government to link Britain to Georg Elser's failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich, on 8 November 1939, and to help justify Germany's invasion of the Netherlands, a neutral country, on 10 May 1940.
context_section_description: The Venlo incident was a covert German Sicherheitsdienst operation on 9 November 1939, in the course of which two British Secret Intelligence Service agents were captured five meters (16 ft) from the German border, on the outskirts of the Dutch town of Venlo.
  The incident was later used by the German Nazi government to link Britain to Georg Elser's failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich, on 8 November 1939, and to help justify Germany's invasion of the Netherlands, a neutral country, on 10 May 1940.
caption: Reconstruction of the incident in 1948
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