1936 in Germany
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Events in the year 1936 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
Head of State
- Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party)
Events
- 6 February — The IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
- 7 March — In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
- 29 March - German election and referendum, 1936
- 26 June - Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical, functional helicopter, first flown.
- 1 August — The 1936 Summer Olympics open in Berlin, Germany, and mark the first live television coverage of a sports event in world history.
- 30 August — Ernest Nash flees Germany for Rome.
- 8–14 September — The 8th Nazi Party Congress is held and called the "Rally of Honour" (Reichsparteitag der Ehre) in reference to the remilitarization of the Rhineland in March.
- 26 November — The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Germany and Japan.
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The 1936 Summer Olympics open in Berlin, August 1936
Births
- January 14 - Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (died 1999)
- January 27 - Wolfgang Böhmer, German politician
- February 9 - Georg Sterzinsky, German cardinal (died 2011)
- March 9 - Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, head of house Waldeck and Pyrmont
- March 11 - Harald zur Hausen, German virologist
- March 13 - Lothar Ahrendt, German politician
- March 16 - Elisabeth Volkmann, German actress (died 2006)
- March 30 - Erwin J. Haeberle, German physician
- April 8 - Klaus Löwitsch, German actor (died 2002)
- April 22 - Dieter Kronzucker, German journalist
- May 9 - Ulrich Kienzle, German journalist
- May 12 - Klaus Doldinger, German saxophonist
- May 16 - Karl Lehmann, German Roman Catholic Cardinal prelate, Bishop of Mainz (died 2018)
- May 16 - Manfred Stolpe, German politician
- May 21 - Günter Blobel, German biologist (died 2018)
- May 29 - Wyn Hoop, German singer
- May 29 - Klaus Winter, German judge (died 2000)
- June 1 - Peter Sodann, German actor
- June 9 - Jürgen Schmude, German politician
- June 14 Wolfgang Behrendt, German boxer
- July 1 - Lea Rosh, German television journalist, publicist, entrepreneur and political activist
- July 2 - Rex Gildo, German singer (died 1999)
- July 7 - Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician (died 2013)
- July 22 - Klaus Bresser, German journalist
- August 1 - Carl, Duke of Württemberg, German nobleman
- August 5 - Hans Hugo Klein, German judge
- August 20 - Kessler Twins, German singers
- September 29 - Hans D. Ochs, German immunologist
- October 10 - Gerhard Ertl, German physicist
- October 12 - Inge Brück, German singer
- October 13 - Hans Joachim Meyer, German linguist and politician
- November 5 - Uwe Seeler, German football player
- November 15 - Wolf Biermann, German singer and songwriter
- December 8 - Helmut Markwort, German journalist and magazine founder
- December 17 - Klaus Kinkel, German politician
Deaths
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- 16 January - Oskar Barnack, German inventor and German photographer (born 1879)
- 6 February - Wilhelm Solf, German diplomat (born 1862)
- 20 February — Max Schreck, German actor (born 1879)
- 9 April - Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (born 1855)
- 18 April - Richard Lipinski, German politician (born 1867)
- 4 May - Ludwig von Falkenhausen, German general (born 1844)
- 8 May - Oswald Spengler, German historian (born 1880)
- 22 May - Joseph Koeth, German politician (born 1870)
- 24 July - Georg Michaelis, German politician, former chancellor of Germany (born 1857)
- 20 August - Heinrich Cunow, German politician (born 1862)
- 1 September - Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf, German general (born 1860)
- 7 September — Erich Büttner, German painter (born 1889)
- 9 October — Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski, German writer (born 1873)
- 19 December - Theodor Wiegand, German archaeologist (born 1864)
- 27 December Hans von Seeckt, German chief of staff (born 1866)
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