1935 in Germany
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Events in the year 1935 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
Head of State and Chancellor
- Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party)
Events
- 13 January — A plebiscite in the Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany.[1]
- 15 February — The discovery and clinical development of Prontosil, the first broadly effective antibacterial drug, is published in a series of articles in Germany's pre-eminent medical journal, Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, by Gerhard Domagk.
- 1 March — Following the referendum on 13 January, Germany retakes the Saar region from League of Nations control.[2]
- 11 March — The German Air force, the Luftwaffe, is officially created in a proclamation by Hermann Göring
- 16 March — Adolf Hitler announces German rearmament in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
- 22 March — The first Television program is broadcast from the Funkturm in Berlin by Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow (TV Station Paul Nipkow)
- 28 April — Hitler orders 12 submarines, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.
- 21 May — The "Defense Law" (Wehrgesetz) is issued and bans Jews from the armed forces by stipulating that only “Aryans” could serve; it also formalizes the introduction of the general compulsory military service for “Aryans” from 1 October 1935.[3]
- 18 June — Anglo-German Naval Agreement: the United Kingdom agrees to a German navy equal to 35% of her own naval tonnage.[4]
- 10–16 September — The 7th Nazi Party Congress is held in Nuremberg, and is called the "Rally of Freedom" (Reichsparteitag der Freiheit) in reference to the reintroduction of compulsory military service and German "liberation" from the Treaty of Versailles.
- 15 September — The Nuremberg Laws go into effect in Germany. Following an incident of vandalism on the SS Bremen in New York City, the Nazi Party flag emblazoned with the swastika is made the German National Flag on Hitler's orders.
- 10 October — A tornado destroys the 160 metre tall wooden radio tower in Langenberg, Germany. As a result, wooden radio towers are phased out.
- 12 December — Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
Births
- 4 January — Walter Mahlendorf, German sprinter
- 16 January — Udo Lattek, German football player, coach, and TV pundit (died 2015)
- 30 January — Wolfgang Boettcher, German cellist (died 2021)
- 10 February — Ezard Haußmann, German actor (died 2010)
- 12 February — Fritz W. Scharpf, German political scientist
- 15 February — George Alexander Albrecht, German composer and conductor (died 2021)[5]
- 27 February — Theodor Hoffmann, German admiral and politician (died 2018)
- 10 March — Manfred Germar, German athlete
- 13 March — Hilmar Kopper, German banker
- 17 March — Hans Wollschläger, German writer (died 2007)
- 23 March — Hans Lenk, German rower
- 31 March — Rolf Becker, German actor
- 16 April — Sarah Kirsch, German poet (died 2013)
- 17 May — Ryke Geerd Hamer, German cancer researcher (died 2017)
- 2 June — Wilhelm Wieben, German journalist[6]
- 3 June — Michael Hampe, German theatre and opera director (died 2022)
- 12 June — Christoph Meckel, German poet (died 2020)
- 11 July — Günther von Lojewski, German journalist
- 23 June — Günter Lörke, German cyclist
- 29 July — Peter Schreier, German tenor (died 2019)
- 5 August — Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer (died 2017)
- 5 September — Dieter Hallervorden, German comedian
- 8 September — Helga M. Novak, German writer (died 2013)
- 2 October — Gisela Stein, German actress (died 2009)
- 27 November — Helmut Lachenmann, German composer
- 30 November - Paul Gratzik, German poet and novelist (died 2018)
- 8 December - Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, German film director
- 11 December — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German car designer (died 2012)
- 30 December — Wolfgang Dauner, German Jazz fusion pianist, composer and keyboardist (died 2020)
Deaths
- January 11 - Gottlieb von Jagow, German diplomat (born 1863)
- January 21 – Adolf von Brauchitsch, German general (born 1876)
- February 3 - Hugo Junkers, German engineer and aircraft designer (born 1859)
- February 8 - Max Liebermann, German painter (born 1847)[7]
- April 14 - Emmy Noether, German mathematician (born 1882)[8]
- April 19 - Albert Tafel, German geographer, doctor and explorer (born 1876)
- 24 April – Paul Klengel, German violinist, conductor and composer (born 1854)
- May 10 - Wilhelm Kolle, German bacteriologist (born 1868)
- 14 May – Magnus Hirschfeld, German sex researcher and gay rights advocate (born 1868)[9]
- 5 June - Alexander von Linsingen, German general (born 1850)
- 12 August - Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (born 1851)
- 27 August – Otto Schott, German chemist (born 1851)
- 28 September – Hans Baluschek, German painter (born 1870)
- 4 October – Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German operatic soprano (born 1874)
- 8 October – Hans Tropsch, German chemist (born 1889)
- 21 November – Agnes Pockels, German chemist (b. 1862)[10]
- 21 December – Kurt Tucholsky, German-journalist, satirist and writer (born 1890)
References
- ^ Pollock, James K. (1935). "The Saar Plebiscite". American Political Science Review. 29 (2): 275–282. doi:10.2307/1947508. ISSN 0003-0554.
- ^ Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred, eds. (2007). "Holocaust Chronology: 1935". Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. pp. 344–347. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ "1935: Key Dates". Holocaust Encyclopedia. Washington, DC: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2012.
- ^ Maiolo, Joseph (1998). The Royal Navy and Nazi Germany, 1933–39 A Study in Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War. London: Macmillan Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 0-312-21456-1.
- ^ Dirigent George Alexander Albrecht ist tot (in German)
- ^ "Wilhelm Wieben ist tot: "Er prägte das deutsche Fernsehen"". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Käthe Kollwitz: Die Tagebücher 1908–1943. Jutta Bohnke-Kollwitz (ed.). btb, Munich 2007. entry from the 9 February 1935.
- ^ Kimberling, Clark (March 1982). "Emmy Noether, Greatest Woman Mathematician" (PDF). Mathematics Teacher. 84 (3). Reston, Virginia: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: 246–249. doi:10.5951/MT.75.3.0246.
- ^ Hans P. Soetaert & Donald W. McLeod, "Un Lion en hiver: Les Derniers jours de Magnus Hirschfeld à Nice (1934–1935)" in Gérard Koskovich (ed.), Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935): Un Pionnier du mouvement homosexuel confronté au nazisme (Paris: Mémorial de la Déportation Homosexuelle, 2010).
- ^ Creese, Mary (2004). Ladies in the laboratory II : West European women in science, 1800-1900 : a survey of their contributions to research. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780810849792.
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