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List of events
Events in the year 1937 in
Germany .
Incumbents
National level
Head of State and
Chancellor
Events
May 6:
Hindenburg disaster
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 (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
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 —
Witta Pohl , German actress (died
2011 )
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
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
19th century 20th century 21st century