1935 in Germany
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Events in the year 1935 in Germany.
Incumbents[]
National level[]
Head of State and Chancellor
- Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party)
Events[]
- 13 January — A plebiscite in the Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany.
- 15 February — The discovery and clinical development of Prontosil, the first broadly effective antibacterial drug, is published in a series of articles in Germany's pre-eminent medical journal, Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, by Gerhard Domagk.
- 1 March — Following the referendum on 13 January, Germany retakes the Saar region from League of Nations control.[1]
- 11 March - The German Air force, the Luftwaffe, is officially created in a proclamation by Hermann Göring
- 16 March — Adolf Hitler announces German rearmament in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
- 22 March — The first Television program is broadcast from the Funkturm in Berlin by Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow (TV Station Paul Nipkow)
- 28 April — Hitler orders 12 submarines in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.
- 21 May — The "Defense Law" (Wehrgesetz) is issued and bans Jews from the armed forces by stipulating that only “Aryans” could serve; it also formalizes the introduction of the general compulsory military service for “Aryans” from 1 October 1935.[2]
- 18 June — Anglo-German Naval Agreement: the United Kingdom agrees to a German navy equal to 35% of her own naval tonnage.
- 10–16 September — The 7th Nazi Party Congress is held in Nuremberg, and is called the "Rally of Freedom" (Reichsparteitag der Freiheit) in reference to the reintroduction of compulsory military service and German "liberation" from the Treaty of Versailles.
- 15 September — The Nuremberg Laws go into effect in Germany. Following an incident of vandalism on the SS Bremen in New York City, the Nazi Party flag emblazoned with the swastika is made the German National Flag on Hitler's orders.
- 10 October — A tornado destroys the 160 metre tall wooden radio tower in Langenberg, Germany. As a result, wooden radio towers are phased out.
- 12 December — Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
Births[]
- January 4 - Walter Mahlendorf, German sprinter
- January 16 - Udo Lattek, German football player, coach, and TV pundit (died 2015)
- January 30 - Wolfgang Boettcher, German cellist (died 2021)
- February 10 - Ezard Haußmann, German actor (died 2010)
- February 12 - Fritz W. Scharpf, German political scientist
- February 15 – George Alexander Albrecht, German composer and conductor (died 2021)[3]
- February 27 - Theodor Hoffmann, German admiral and politician (died 2018)
- March 10 - Manfred Germar, German athlete
- March 13 - Hilmar Kopper, German banker
- March 17 - Hans Wollschläger, German writer (died 2007)
- March 23 - Hans Lenk, German rower
- March 31 - Rolf Becker, German actor
- April 16 - Sarah Kirsch, German poet (died 2013)
- May 17 – Ryke Geerd Hamer, German cancer researcher (died 2017)
- June 2 - Wilhelm Wieben, German journalist[4]
- July 11 - Günther von Lojewski, German journalist
- June 23 – Günter Lörke, German cyclist
- July 29 - Peter Schreier, German tenor (died 2019)
- August 5 - Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer (died 2017)
- September 5 - Dieter Hallervorden, German comedian
- September 8 - Helga M. Novak, German writer (died 2013)
- October 2 - Gisela Stein, German actress (died 2009)
- 27 November — Helmut Lachenmann, German composer
- 30 November - Paul Gratzik, German poet and novelist (died 2018)
- 8 December - Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, German film director
- 11 December — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German car designer (died 2012)
- 30 December — Wolfgang Dauner, German Jazz fusion pianist, composer and keyboardist (died 2020)
Deaths[]
- January 11 - Gottlieb von Jagow, German diplomat (born 1863)
- February 3 - Hugo Junkers, German engineer and aircraft designer (born 1859)
- February 8 - Max Liebermann, German painter (born 1847)
- April 14 - Emmy Noether, German mathematician (born 1882)
- April 19 - Albert Tafel, German geographer, doctor and explorer (born 1876)
- May 10 - Wilhelm Kolle, German bacteriologist (born 1868)
- August 12 - Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (born 1851)
- August 27 - Otto Schott, German chemist (born 1851)
- September 28 - Hans Baluschek, German painter (born 1870)
- October 8 - Hans Tropsch, German chemist (born 1889)
- December 21 - Kurt Tucholsky, German-journalist, satirist and writer (born 1890)
References[]
- ^ Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred, eds. (2007). "Holocaust Chronology: 1935". Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. pp. 344–347. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ "1935: Key Dates". Holocaust Encyclopedia. Washington, DC: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2012.
- ^ Dirigent George Alexander Albrecht ist tot (in German)
- ^ "Wilhelm Wieben ist tot: "Er prägte das deutsche Fernsehen"". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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