1937 in Germany
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Events in the year 1937 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
Head of State and Chancellor
- 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.
- 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)
Births
- 15 January — Walter Stöhrer, German painter (died 2000)
- 20 February — Robert Huber, German biochemist and Nobel laureate
- 2 May – Gisela Elsner, German writer (died 1992)
- 3 May – Hans Cieslarczyk, German football player
- 1 July – Claus-Wilhelm Canaris, German jurist
- 4 July – Wolf von Lojewski, German television journalist
- 1 November - Witta Pohl, German actress (died 2011)
- 11 November – Marlene Schmidt, German actress and beauty queen
- 23 November - Karl Mildenberger, German boxer (died 2018)
- 29 December — Dieter Thomas Heck, German actor
Deaths
- November 27 - Wilhelm Weinberg, German physician and geneticist (born 1862)
References