Venlo Incident

German capture of British intelligence agents in 1939
Event kidnapping Q605575
Venlo Incident
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Venlo Incident

Summary

Venlo Incident is a kidnapping[1]. It draws 49 Wikipedia views per month (kidnapping category, ranking #32 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • Venlo Incident is in the country of Netherlands[3].
  • Venlo Incident's image is recorded as Grensincident Venlo Reconstructie met Lemmens, Bestanddeelnr 902-6030.jpg[4].
  • Venlo Incident's instance of is recorded as kidnapping[5].
  • Venlo Incident's instance of is recorded as covert operation[6].
  • Venlo Incident's location is recorded as Venlo[7].
  • Venlo Incident's Commons category is recorded as Venlo-incident of 1939[8].
  • Venlo Incident's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.3819, 'lon': 6.21694}[9].
  • Venlo Incident's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xk1h[10].
  • Venlo Incident's participant is recorded as SD-Hauptamt[11].
  • Venlo Incident's participant is recorded as Richard Henry Stevens[12].
  • Venlo Incident's participant is recorded as Sigismund Payne Best[13].
  • Venlo Incident's BBC Things ID is recorded as 9e0ecbd7-7d0c-486b-ab0b-dbd9fbadc77c[14].

Why It Matters

Venlo Incident draws 49 Wikipedia views per month (kidnapping category, ranking #32 of 59).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Venlo Incident. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/venlo-incident
MLA “Venlo Incident.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/venlo-incident.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_venlo-incident_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Venlo Incident}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/venlo-incident}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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