Geertjan Lassche (born in Zwolle, 17 August 1976) is a Dutch reporter and documentary film maker.
He started his career in journalism in 1996, at the Zwolse Courant, a local newspaper in Zwolle. At the same time, he worked on a freelance base, among other things for the local stations RTV Oost, Omroep Gelderland, and Radio 1. He also wrote for several Dutch magazines: Nieuwe Revu, Kijk, and Voetbal International. Two years later, a radio documentary by Lassche about the everyday life on a village of farmers was awarded with the second prize at RVU-Radioprijs.
Lassche has been working for the Evangelische Omroep since 2000 for several programs. He reconstructed among other things a plot of South Moluccan radicals to take Queen Juliana hostage and to occupy the Soestdijk palace. This plot, which was to be executed in April 1975, was prevented, as the General Intelligence and Security Service (BVD) was tipped at the last moment. Etienne Urka, who was befriended with South Moluccans then, confessed to Lasche that he informed the BVD from the prison about the RMS plot.
Lassche became renowned with his report about the 'Forgotten Poles during the Battle for Arnhem', for which he took the last journalistic television-interview with prince Bernhard. As a consequence, on May 31, 2006, Queen Beatrix awarded the Military Order of William to the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade. The commander of the Brigade, the late Major General Stanisław Sosabowski, was awarded the "Bronze Lion" posthumously.
The gratitude for this retribution was so great in Poland that Lassche himself was also decorated. On January 30, 2007, he was awarded a military and a Golden Cross of Merit. During the ceremony, a grandson of Major General Sosabowski was present.