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* [[2 January]] - [[Martin Lauer]], German sprinter |
* [[2 January]] - [[Martin Lauer]], German sprinter |
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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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* [[8 February]]: [[Manfred Krug]], German actor (died [[2016 in Germany|2016]]) |
* [[8 February]]: [[Manfred Krug]], German actor (died [[2016 in Germany|2016]]) |
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* [[18 March]] - [[Rudi Altig]], German cyclist (died [[2016 in Germany|2016]]) |
* [[18 March]] - [[Rudi Altig]], German cyclist (died [[2016 in Germany|2016]]) |
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See also: | Other events of 1937 History of Germany • Timeline • Years |
Events in the year 1937 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
Head of State
- Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party)
Events
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- 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.
- 20 July — The Geibeltbad Pirna is opened in Dresden, Germany.
- 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
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)
- 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
- 23 May - Rupert Scholz, German politician
- 2 April - Alexandra Kluge, German actress (died 2017)
- 3 April - Annekathrin Bürger, German actress
- 25 April - Wolfgang Zapf, German sociologe (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
- 29 May - Alwin Schockemöhle, German equestrian
- 14 June - Hans-Ulrich Klose, German politician
- 24 June - Hans Tiedge, German spy (died 2011)
- 5 July - Anke Fuchs, German politician
- 7 July - Konrad Wirnhier, German sport shooter (died 2002)
- 16 August - Gerhard Pohl, German politician (died 2012)
- 20 August - Georg Thoma, German skier
- 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)
- 20 November - René Kollo, German tenor
- 20 December - Manfred Lahnstein, German politician
- 29 December — Dieter Thomas Heck, German actor
Deaths
- 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)
References