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[[File:Hindenburg burning.jpg|right|thumb|200px|May 6: [[Hindenburg disaster]]]] |
[[File:Hindenburg burning.jpg|right|thumb|200px|May 6: [[Hindenburg disaster]]]] |
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* 10 March — The Encyclical ''[[Mit brennender Sorge]]'' of [[Pope Pius XI]] is published in Nazi Germany. |
* [[10 March]] — The [[Encyclical]] ''[[Mit brennender Sorge]]'' of [[Pope Pius XI]] is published in Nazi Germany. |
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* 6 May — [[Hindenburg disaster|''Hindenburg'' disaster]]: In the United States, the German [[LZ 129 Hindenburg|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. |
* [[6 May]] — [[Hindenburg disaster|''Hindenburg'' disaster]]: In the United States, the German [[LZ 129 Hindenburg|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. |
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* 7 May — [[Spanish Civil War]]: The German [[Condor Legion|Condor Legion Fighter Group]], equipped with [[Heinkel He 51]] biplanes, arrives in [[Spain]] to assist [[Francisco Franco]]'s forces. |
* [[7 May]] — [[Spanish Civil War]]: The German [[Condor Legion|Condor Legion Fighter Group]], equipped with [[Heinkel He 51]] biplanes, arrives in [[Spain]] to assist [[Francisco Franco]]'s forces. |
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* [[28 May]] — [[Volkswagen]], state-owned carmaker, is formed to produce the new [[Volkswagen Beetle|people's car]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/volkswagen-is-founded|title=Volkswagen is founded}}</ref> |
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* 8 June — [[Carl Orff]]'s ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]'' premieres in [[Frankfurt, Germany]]. |
* [[8 June]] — [[Carl Orff]]'s ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]'' premieres in [[Frankfurt, Germany]]. |
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* [[15 July]] [[Buchenwald]] Concentration Camp opened |
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* [[18 July]] - [[Haus der Kunst]] in Munich opened |
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* [[20 July]] — The [[Geibeltbad Pirna]] is opened in [[Dresden, Germany]]. |
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* [[16 November]] — [[Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash]] |
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* Date unknown — [[Otto Bayer]] and his coworkers at [[IG Farben]] in Leverkusen first made [[polyurethanes]]. |
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* Date unknown — The opioid [[Methadone]] is synthesized in Germany by scientists [[Max Bockmühl]] and [[Gustav Ehrhart]]. |
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* Date unknown — [[Konrad Zuse]] submits patents in Germany based on his [[Z1 (computer)|Z1]] computer design anticipating von Neumann architecture. |
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==Births== |
==Births== |
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* [[2 January]] — [[Martin Lauer]], German sprinter (died [[2019 in Germany|2019]]) |
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* [[15 January]] — [[Walter Stöhrer]], German painter (died [[2000 in Germany|2000]]) |
* [[15 January]] — [[Walter Stöhrer]], German painter (died [[2000 in Germany|2000]]) |
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* [[31 January]] — [[Hans Dresig]], Professor for Applied mechanics and Theory of Mechanisms and Machines (died [[2018 in Germany|2018]]) |
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* [[2 February]] — [[Lea Ackermann]], German nun and activist (died [[2023 in Germany|2023]]) |
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* [[8 February]] — [[Manfred Krug]], German actor (died [[2016 in Germany|2016]]) |
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* [[13 February]] — [[Sigmund Jähn]], German cosmonaut and pilot (died [[2019 in Germany|2019]]) |
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* [[17 February]] — [[Rita Süssmuth]], German politician (CDU) |
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* [[20 February]] — [[Robert Huber]], German biochemist and Nobel laureate |
* [[20 February]] — [[Robert Huber]], German biochemist and Nobel laureate |
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* [[22 February]] — [[Rolf Schafstall]], German footballer (died [[2018 in Germany|2018]]) |
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* [[18 March]] — [[Rudi Altig]], German cyclist (died [[2016 in Germany|2016]]) |
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* [[19 March]] — [[Egon Krenz]], German politician |
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* [[20 March]] — [[Helmut Recknagel]], German ski jumper |
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* [[22 March]] |
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** [[Armin Hary]], German sprinter |
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** [[Peter Vogel (actor)|Peter Vogel]], German film actor (died 1978 in Austria) |
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* [[2 April]] — [[Alexandra Kluge]], German actress (died [[2017 in Germany|2017]]) |
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* [[3 April]] — [[Annekathrin Bürger]], German actress |
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* [[25 April]] — [[Wolfgang Zapf]], German sociologe (died [[2018 in Germany|2018]]) |
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* [[24 April]] — [[Otmar Gutmann]], German TV producer, animator and director (died [[1993 in Switzerland|1993]]) |
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* [[2 May]] – [[Gisela Elsner]], German writer (died [[1992 in Germany|1992]]) |
* [[2 May]] – [[Gisela Elsner]], German writer (died [[1992 in Germany|1992]]) |
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* [[3 May]] – [[Hans Cieslarczyk]], German football player |
* [[3 May]] – [[Hans Cieslarczyk]], German football player (died [[2020 in Germany|2020]]) |
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* [[23 May]] — [[Rupert Scholz]], German politician |
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* [[29 May]] — [[Alwin Schockemöhle]], German equestrian |
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* [[14 June]] — [[Hans-Ulrich Klose]], German politician |
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* [[24 June]] — [[Hans Tiedge]], German spy (died [[2011 in Russia|2011]]) |
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* [[25 June]] — [[Karin Grasshof]], German judge |
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* [[1 July]] – [[Claus-Wilhelm Canaris]], German jurist (died [[2021 in Germany|2021]]) |
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* [[4 July]] – [[Wolf von Lojewski]], German television journalist |
* [[4 July]] – [[Wolf von Lojewski]], German television journalist |
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* [[5 July]] — [[Anke Fuchs]], German politician (died [[2019 in Germany|2019]]) |
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* [[7 July]] — [[Konrad Wirnhier]], German sport shooter (died [[2002 in Germany|2002]]) |
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* [[12 July]] - [[Helga Mees]], German fencer (died [[2014 in Germany|2014]]) |
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* [[16 August]] — [[Gerhard Pohl]], German politician (died [[2012 in Germany|2012]]) |
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* [[20 August]] — [[Georg Thoma]], German skier |
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* [[7 September]] - [[Birgit Breuel]], German politician |
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* [[1 October]] — [[Everhardt Franßen]], German judge |
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* [[13 October]] — [[Rudolf Seiters]], German politician |
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* [[27 October]] — [[Peter Lustig]], German television presenter and author of children's books (died [[2016 in Germany|2016]]) |
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* [[26 July]] – [[Peter Fleischmann]], German film director (died [[2021 in Germany|2021]]) |
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* [[29 October]] — [[Michael Ponti]], German pianist (died [[2022 in Germany|2022]]) |
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* [[1 November]] |
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** [[Jürgen Echternach]], German politician (died [[2006 in Germany|2006]]) |
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** [[Witta Pohl]], German actress (died [[2011 in Germany|2011]]) |
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* [[3 November]] — [[Rolf-Ernst Breuer]], German businessman (died [[2024 in Germany|2024]]) |
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* [[11 November]] – [[Marlene Schmidt]], German actress and beauty queen |
* [[11 November]] – [[Marlene Schmidt]], German actress and beauty queen |
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* [[16 November]] – [[Lothar Späth]], German politician (died [[2016 in Germany|2016]]) |
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* [[20 November]] - [[René Kollo]], German tenor |
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* [[23 November]] - [[Karl Mildenberger]], German boxer (died [[2018 in Germany|2018]]) |
* [[23 November]] - [[Karl Mildenberger]], German boxer (died [[2018 in Germany|2018]]) |
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* [[26 November]] - [[Bruno Steinhoff]], German businessman |
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* [[29 November]] - [[Jo Brauner]], German journalist |
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* [[20 December]] - [[Manfred Lahnstein]], German politician |
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* [[29 December]] — [[Dieter Thomas Heck]], German actor (died [[2018 in Germany|2018]]) |
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* [[31 December]] - [[Paul Spiegel]], President of Central Council of Jews in Germany (died [[2006 in Germany|2006]]) |
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== Deaths == |
== Deaths == |
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* [[4 January]] – [[Paul Behncke]], German admiral (born [[1869 in Germany|1869]])<ref>{{Cite news|title=ADMIRAL BEHNCKE, 70, OF GERMANY IS DEAD|date=5 January 1937|work=New York Times}}</ref> |
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* [[11 February]] – [[Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick]], German ophthalmologist (born [[1852 in Germany|1852]]) |
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* [[12 March]] — [[Julius Geppert]], German pharmacologist (born [[1856 in Germany|1856]]) |
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* [[18 March]] — [[Felix Graf von Bothmer]], German general (born [[1852 in Germany|1852]]) |
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* [[18 April]] – [[Max von Gallwitz]], German general (born [[1852 in Germany|1852]])<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_gallwitz_max.html |title=Max von Gallwitz, German General, 1852-1937|last=Rickard|first=J.|date=2007-10-03}}</ref> |
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* [[4 May]] – [[Selma Lohse]], German politician (born [[1883 in Germany|1883]]) |
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* [[7 May]] – [[Ernst A. Lehmann]], German captain of the ''[[LZ 129 Hindenburg|Hindenburg]]'' (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19620505&id=RBgfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HJoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7297,712296|title=The Day the Angels Lost Their Grip|author=Moody, Sid|date=6 May 1962|page=6|publisher=Tuscaloosa News|access-date=23 February 2014}}</ref> |
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* [[14 July]] – [[Walter Simons]], German diplomat (born [[1861 in Germany|1861]]) |
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* [[30 July]] - [[Hans von Rosenberg]], German diplomat and politician (born [[1874 in Germany|1874]]) |
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* [[29 September]] – [[Ernst Hoppenberg]], German swimmer (born [[1878 in Germany|1878]]) |
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* [[7 October]] - [[Renate Müller]], German actress and singer (born [[1906 in Germany|1906]]) |
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* [[9 October]] - [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse]] (born [[1868 in Germany|1868]]) |
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* [[10 October]] – [[Walter Gronostay]], German composer (born [[1906 in Germany|1906]]) |
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* [[12 December]] - [[Alfred Abel]], German actor (born [[1879 in Germany|1879]]) |
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* [[20 December]] - [[Erich Ludendorff]], German general (born [[1865 in Germany|1865]]) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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See also: | Other events of 1937 History of Germany • Timeline • Years |
Events in the year 1937 in Germany.
Incumbents
[edit]National level
[edit]Head of State and Chancellor
- Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party)
Events
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Hindenburg_burning.jpg/200px-Hindenburg_burning.jpg)
- 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.
- 15 July Buchenwald Concentration Camp opened
- 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
[edit]- 2 January — Martin Lauer, German sprinter (died 2019)
- 15 January — Walter Stöhrer, German painter (died 2000)
- 31 January — Hans Dresig, Professor for Applied mechanics and Theory of Mechanisms and Machines (died 2018)
- 2 February — Lea Ackermann, German nun and activist (died 2023)
- 8 February — Manfred Krug, German actor (died 2016)
- 13 February — Sigmund Jähn, German cosmonaut and pilot (died 2019)
- 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
- Peter Vogel, German film actor (died 1978 in Austria)
- 2 April — Alexandra Kluge, German actress (died 2017)
- 3 April — Annekathrin Bürger, German actress
- 25 April — Wolfgang Zapf, German sociologe (died 2018)
- 24 April — Otmar Gutmann, German TV producer, animator and director (died 1993)
- 2 May – Gisela Elsner, German writer (died 1992)
- 3 May – Hans Cieslarczyk, German football player (died 2020)
- 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
- 1 July – Claus-Wilhelm Canaris, German jurist (died 2021)
- 4 July – Wolf von Lojewski, German television journalist
- 5 July — Anke Fuchs, German politician (died 2019)
- 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)
- 26 July – Peter Fleischmann, German film director (died 2021)
- 29 October — Michael Ponti, German pianist (died 2022)
- 1 November
- Jürgen Echternach, German politician (died 2006)
- Witta Pohl, German actress (died 2011)
- 3 November — Rolf-Ernst Breuer, German businessman (died 2024)
- 11 November – Marlene Schmidt, German actress and beauty queen
- 16 November – Lothar Späth, German politician (died 2016)
- 20 November - René Kollo, German tenor
- 23 November - Karl Mildenberger, German boxer (died 2018)
- 26 November - Bruno Steinhoff, German businessman
- 29 November - Jo Brauner, German journalist
- 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
[edit]- 4 January – Paul Behncke, German admiral (born 1869)[2]
- 11 February – Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick, German ophthalmologist (born 1852)
- 12 March — Julius Geppert, German pharmacologist (born 1856)
- 18 March — Felix Graf von Bothmer, German general (born 1852)
- 18 April – Max von Gallwitz, German general (born 1852)[3]
- 4 May – Selma Lohse, German politician (born 1883)
- 7 May – Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain of the Hindenburg (b. 1886)[4]
- 14 July – Walter Simons, German diplomat (born 1861)
- 30 July - Hans von Rosenberg, German diplomat and politician (born 1874)
- 29 September – Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer (born 1878)
- 7 October - Renate Müller, German actress and singer (born 1906)
- 9 October - Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (born 1868)
- 10 October – Walter Gronostay, German composer (born 1906)
- 27 November — Wilhelm Weinberg, German physician and geneticist (born 1862)
- 12 December - Alfred Abel, German actor (born 1879)
- 20 December - Erich Ludendorff, German general (born 1865)
References
[edit]- ^ "Volkswagen is founded".
- ^ "ADMIRAL BEHNCKE, 70, OF GERMANY IS DEAD". New York Times. 5 January 1937.
- ^ Rickard, J. (2007-10-03), Max von Gallwitz, German General, 1852-1937
- ^ Moody, Sid (6 May 1962). "The Day the Angels Lost Their Grip". Tuscaloosa News. p. 6. Retrieved 23 February 2014.