1936 in Germany

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Events in the year 1936 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

Head of State and Chancellor

Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party)

Events

6 February — The IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.^[1]
7 March — In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.^[2]
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, at the end of the first ever Olympic torch relay.^[3] It is also the first occasion in world history when a sporting event is given television coverage.
The first German volunteers on the nationalist side of the Spanish civil war leave for Spain.^[4]
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.

6 February: The IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
The 1936 Summer Olympics open in Berlin, August 1936

Births

10 January — Walter Bodmer, German-English geneticist and academic^[5]
14 January — Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (died 1999)
27 January — Wolfgang Böhmer, German politician
9 February — Georg Sterzinsky, German cardinal (died 2011)
4 March — Aribert Reimann, German composer (died 2023)
9 March — Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, head of house of Waldeck and Pyrmont^[6]
11 March — Harald zur Hausen, German virologist (died 2023)
13 March — Lothar Ahrendt, German politician
16 March — Elisabeth Volkmann, German actress (died 2006)
30 March — Erwin J. Haeberle, German physician (died 2021)^[7]
8 April — Klaus Löwitsch, German actor (died 2002)
13 April – Dieter Klöcker, German clarinetist (died 2011)
22 April — Dieter Kronzucker, German journalist
9 May — Ulrich Kienzle, German journalist (died 2020)
12 May — Klaus Doldinger, German saxophonist
16 May
- Karl Lehmann, German Roman Catholic Cardinal prelate, Bishop of Mainz (died 2018)
- Manfred Stolpe, German politician (died 2019)
21 May — Günter Blobel, German biologist (died 2018)
26 May — Franz Magnis-Suseno, German-born Indonesian Jesuit priest
29 May
- Wyn Hoop, German singer
- Klaus Winter, German judge (died 2000)
1 June — Peter Sodann, German actor (died 2024)
9 June — Jürgen Schmude, German politician
10 June — Thomas Hoepker, German photographer (died 2024 in Chile)
14 June — Wolfgang Behrendt, German boxer
21 June — Hans Köhler, German swimmer
22 July — Klaus Bresser, German journalist and television presenter
25 June — Bert Hölldobler, German sociobiologist and evolutionary biologist
28 June — Walter Köstner, German fencer
1 July — Lea Rosh, German television journalist, publicist, entrepreneur and political activist
2 July — Rex Gildo, German singer (died 1999)
7 July — Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician (died 2013)
22 July — Klaus Bresser, German journalist
1 August — Carl, Duke of Württemberg, German nobleman (died 2022)
5 August — Hans Hugo Klein, German judge
20 August — Kessler Twins, German singers
29 September — Hans D. Ochs, German immunologist
1 October — Lea Rosh, German television journalist
10 October — Gerhard Ertl, German physicist
12 October — Inge Brück, German singer
13 October — Hans Joachim Meyer, German linguist and politician (died 2024)
5 November — Uwe Seeler, German footballer (died 2022)
15 November — Wolf Biermann, German singer and songwriter
2 December — Peter Duesberg, German molecular biologist
3 December — Lothar Gall, German historian (died 2024)^[8]
8 December — Helmut Markwort, German journalist and magazine founder
17 December — Klaus Kinkel, German politician (died 2019)^[9]

Deaths

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)^[10]
22 May - Joseph Koeth, German politician (born 1870)
3 June – Walther Wever, German general, pre-World War II Luftwaffe commander (born 1887)
22 June –Moritz Schlick, German philosopher and physicist (born 1882)
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)

References

^ Roderick Stackelberg (2007). The Routledge Companion to Nazi Germany. Taylor & Francis. p. 12. ISBN 9781134393862.
^ Richard J. Evans (26 July 2012). The Third Reich in Power, 1933 – 1939: How the Nazis Won Over the Hearts and Minds of a Nation. Penguin Books Limited. p. 637. ISBN 978-0-7181-9681-3.
^ "The Olympic torch's shadowy past". BBC News. 5 April 2008.
^ Westwell, Ian (2004). Condor legion : the Wehrmacht's training ground. Hersham: Ian Allan Pub. p. 13. ISBN 0-7110-3043-X. OCLC 56647065.
^ Anon (2015). "Bodmer, Sir Walter (Fred)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U7957. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, p. 287. ISBN 0-85011-023-8
^ Contemporary Authors. Gale / Cengage Learning. 1978. p. 271.
^ Der Historiker Lothar Gall ist gestorben (in German)
^ Obituaries, Telegraph (6 March 2019). "Klaus Kinkel, high-profile German foreign minister after reunification, who had earlier led West Germany's intelligence agency – obituary". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
^ Hughes, H. Stuart (1991). Preface to the Present Edition". The Decline of the West: An Abridged Edition, by Oswald Spengler. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-19-506751-4.

[1] Roderick Stackelberg (2007). The Routledge Companion to Nazi Germany. Taylor & Francis. p. 12. ISBN 9781134393862.

[2] Richard J. Evans (26 July 2012). The Third Reich in Power, 1933 – 1939: How the Nazis Won Over the Hearts and Minds of a Nation. Penguin Books Limited. p. 637. ISBN 978-0-7181-9681-3.

[3] "The Olympic torch's shadowy past". BBC News. 5 April 2008.

[4] Westwell, Ian (2004). Condor legion : the Wehrmacht's training ground. Hersham: Ian Allan Pub. p. 13. ISBN 0-7110-3043-X. OCLC 56647065.

[whoswho-5] Anon (2015). "Bodmer, Sir Walter (Fred)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U7957. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[burkeI-6] Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, p. 287. ISBN 0-85011-023-8

[7] Contemporary Authors. Gale / Cengage Learning. 1978. p. 271.

[8] Der Historiker Lothar Gall ist gestorben (in German)

[9] Obituaries, Telegraph (6 March 2019). "Klaus Kinkel, high-profile German foreign minister after reunification, who had earlier led West Germany's intelligence agency – obituary". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.

[10] Hughes, H. Stuart (1991). Preface to the Present Edition". The Decline of the West: An Abridged Edition, by Oswald Spengler. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-19-506751-4.

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