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. 7 March — In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. 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. 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. 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. 25 November — The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Germany and Japan.
Births 10 January — Walter Bodmer, German-English geneticist and academic 14 January — Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (died 1999) 23 January — Horst Mahler, German lawyer and political activist (died 2025) 27 January — Wolfgang Böhmer, German politician (died 2025) 9 February — Georg Sterzinsky, German cardinal (died 2011) 4 March — Aribert Reimann, German composer (died 2024) 9 March — Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, head of house of Waldeck and PyrmontMontgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, p. 287. (died 2024) 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) 6 April — Manfred Schoof, German jazz trumpeter 8 April — Klaus Löwitsch, German actor (died 2002) 13 April – Dieter Klöcker, German clarinetist (died 2011) 19 April – Bernhard Klee, German conductor and pianist (died 2025) 22 April — Dieter Kronzucker, German journalist 9 May — Ulrich Kienzle, German journalist (died 2020) 12 May — Klaus Doldinger, German saxophonist (died 2025) 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 (died 2025) 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 12 August — Hans Haacke, German-born American conceptual artist 20 August — Kessler Twins, German singers (died 2025) 29 September — Hans D. Ochs, German immunologist 1 October — Lea Rosh, German television journalist 5 October — Annerose Schmidt, German pianist (died 2022) 10 October — Gerhard Ertl, German physicist 12 October — Inge Brück, German singer (died 2025) 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 (died 2026) 3 December — Lothar Gall, German historian (died 2024)Der Historiker Lothar Gall ist gestorben 8 December — Helmut Markwort, German journalist and magazine founder 17 December — Klaus Kinkel, German politician (died 2019)
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) 1 May – Ernst Reicher, German actor (born 1885) 4 May - Ludwig von Falkenhausen, German general (born 1844) 8 May - Oswald Spengler, German historian (born 1880) 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)
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