1936 in Germany

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See also:	Other events of 1936 List of years in Germany

Events in the year 1936 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

Head of State

• Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party)

Chancellor

• Adolf Hitler (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.
• 1 August — The 1936 Summer Olympics open in Berlin, Germany, and mark the first live television coverage of a sports event in world history.
• 30 August — Ernest Nash flees Germany for Rome.
• 26 November — The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Germany and Japan.

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  6 February: The IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

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  The 1936 Summer Olympics open in Berlin, August 1936

Births

• April 22 - Dieter Kronzucker, German journalist
• March 11 - Harald zur Hausen, German virologist
• May 21 - Günter Blobel, German biologist
• July 1 - Lea Rosh, German television journalist, publicist, entrepreneur and political activist
• July 22 - Klaus Bresser, German journalist
• October 10 - Gerhard Ertl, German physicist
• November 5 - Uwe Seeler, German football player
• December 8 - Helmut Markwort, German journalist and magazine founder
• December 17 - Klaus Kinkel, German politician

Deaths

• 9 October — Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski, writer (born 1873)