1937 in Germany
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Events in the year 1937 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
Head of State
- Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party)
Events
- 10 March — The Encyclical Mit brennender Sorge of Pope Pius XI is published in Nazi Germany.
- 6 May — Hindenburg disaster: In the United States, the German airship Hindenburg bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirteen passengers, 22 crew and one member of the ground crew were killed.
- 7 May — Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion Fighter Group, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
- 28 May - Volkswagen, state-owned carmaker, is formed to produce the new people's car.[1]
- 8 June — Carl Orff's Carmina Burana premieres in Frankfurt, Germany.
- 18 July - Haus der Kunst in Munich opened
- 20 July — The Geibeltbad Pirna is opened in Dresden, Germany.
- 6-13 September — The 9th Nazi Party Congress is held and titled the "Rally of Labour" (Reichsparteitag der Arbeit) to highlight the reduction of unemployment in Germany since the Nazi rise to power.
- 13 October — Germany, in a note to Brussels, guarantees the inviolability and integrity of Belgium so long as the latter abstains from military action against Germany.
- 5 November — In the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people (recorded in the Hossbach Memorandum).
- 16 November - Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash
- Date unknown - Otto Bayer and his coworkers at IG Farben in Leverkusen first made polyurethanes.
- Date unknown - The opioid Methadone is synthesized in Germany by scientists Max Bockmühl and Gustav Ehrhart.
- Date unknown - Konrad Zuse submits patents in Germany based on his Z1 computer design anticipating von Neumann architecture.
Births
- 2 January - Martin Lauer, German sprinter
- 15 January — Walter Stöhrer, German painter (died 2000)
- 31 January - Hans Dresig, Professor for Applied mechanics and Theory of Mechanisms and Machines (died 2018)
- 8 February — Manfred Krug, German actor (died 2016)
- 13 February - Sigmund Jähn, German cosmonaut and pilot
- 17 February - Rita Süssmuth, German politician (CDU)
- 20 February — Robert Huber, German biochemist and Nobel laureate
- 22 February - Rolf Schafstall, German footballer (died 2018)
- 18 March - Rudi Altig, German cyclist (died 2016)
- 19 March - Egon Krenz, German politician
- 20 March - Helmut Recknagel, German ski jumper
- 22 March - Armin Hary, German sprinter
- 2 April - Alexandra Kluge, German actress (died 2017)
- 3 April - Annekathrin Bürger, German actress
- 25 April - Wolfgang Zapf, German sociologe (died 2018)
- 23 May - Rupert Scholz, German politician
- 29 May - Alwin Schockemöhle, German equestrian
- 14 June - Hans-Ulrich Klose, German politician
- 24 June - Hans Tiedge, German spy (died 2011)
- 25 June - Karin Grasshof, German judge
- 4 July - Wolf von Lojewski, German journalist
- 5 July - Anke Fuchs, German politician
- 7 July - Konrad Wirnhier, German sport shooter (died 2002)
- 12 July - Helga Mees, German fencer (died 2014)
- 16 August - Gerhard Pohl, German politician (died 2012)
- 20 August - Georg Thoma, German skier
- 7 September - Birgit Breuel, German politician
- 1 October - Everhardt Franßen, German judge
- 13 October - Rudolf Seiters, German politician
- 27 October — Peter Lustig, German television presenter and author of children's books (died 2016)
- November - Bruno Steinhoff, German businessman
- 1 November - Witta Pohl, German actress (died 2011)
- 16 November - Lothar Späth, German politician (died 2016)
- 29 November - Jo Brauner, German journalist
- 20 November - René Kollo, German tenor
- 20 December - Manfred Lahnstein, German politician
- 29 December — Dieter Thomas Heck, German actor (died 2018)
- 31 December - Paul Spiegel, President of Central Council of Jews in Germany (died 2006)
Deaths
- February 11 - Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick, German ophthalmologist (born 1852)
- July 14 - Walter Simons, German diplomat (born 1861)
- July 30 - Hans von Rosenberg, German diplomat and politician (born 1874)
- September 29 - Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer (born 1878)
- October 7 - Renate Müller, German actress and singer (born 1906)
- October 9 -- Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (born 1868)
- October 10 - Walter Gronostay, German composer (born 1906)
- November 27 - Wilhelm Weinberg, German physician and geneticist (born 1862)
- December 12 - Alfred Abel, German actor (born 1879)
- December 20 - Erich Ludendorff, German general (born 1865)
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