1935 in Germany

Events in the year 1935 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

Head of State and Chancellor

Adolf Hitler

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.
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
28 April — Hitler orders 12 submarines, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.
21 May — The "Defense Law" 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.
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" 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 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 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

4 January — Walter Mahlendorf, German sprinter
16 January — Udo Lattek, German football player, coach, and TV pundit
28 January – Helga Kleiner, German politician
30 January — Wolfgang Boettcher, German cellist
10 February — Ezard Haußmann, German actor
12 February
* Fritz W. Scharpf, German political scientist
* Manfred Weiss, German composer
15 February — George Alexander Albrecht, German composer and conductor
27 February — Theodor Hoffmann, German admiral and politician
10 March — Manfred Germar, German athlete
13 March — Hilmar Kopper, German banker
17 March — Hans Wollschläger, German writer
23 March — Hans Lenk, German rower
31 March — Rolf Becker, German actor
16 April — Sarah Kirsch, German poet
17 May — Ryke Geerd Hamer, German cancer researcher
1 June — Percy Adlon, German director, screenwriter and producer
2 June — Wilhelm Wieben, German journalist
3 June — Michael Hampe, German theatre and opera director
12 June — Christoph Meckel, German poet
23 June — Günter Lörke, German cyclist
7 July — Hans Belting, German art historian
11 July — Günther von Lojewski, German journalist
12 July — Hans Tilkowski, German footballer
29 July — Peter Schreier, German tenor
5 August — Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer
21 August — Bernhard Eckstein, German cyclist
5 September — Dieter Hallervorden, German comedian
8 September — Helga M. Novak, German writer
2 October — Gisela Stein, German actress
4 October — Horst Janson, German actor
10 October — Hermann Nuber, German footballer
27 November — Helmut Lachenmann, German composer
30 November - Paul Gratzik, German poet and novelist
8 December - Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, German film director
11 December — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German car designer
30 December — Wolfgang Dauner, German Jazz fusion pianist, composer and keyboardist

Deaths

January 11 - Gottlieb von Jagow, German diplomat
January 21 – Adolf von Brauchitsch, German general
February 3 - Hugo Junkers, German engineer and aircraft designer
February 8 - Max Liebermann, German painter
February 18 - Benita von Falkenhayn, German baroness, spy for the Second Polish Republic
April 14 - Emmy Noether, German mathematician
April 19 - Albert Tafel, German geographer, doctor and explorer
24 April – Paul Klengel, German violinist, conductor and composer
10 May - Wilhelm Kolle, German bacteriologist
14 May – Magnus Hirschfeld, German sex researcher and gay rights advocate
5 June - Alexander von Linsingen, German general
12 August - Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician
27 August – Otto Schott, German chemist
28 September – Hans Baluschek, German painter
4 October – Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German operatic soprano
8 October – Hans Tropsch, German chemist
21 November – Agnes Pockels, German chemist
21 December – Kurt Tucholsky, German-journalist, satirist and writer