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Events in the year 1937 in Germany. Incumbents National level Head of State 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 are 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.
- 8 June Carl Orff's Carmina Burana premieres in Frankfurt, Germany.
- 20 July The Geibeltbad Pirna is opened in Dresden, Germany.
- 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).
Births Deaths References he:1937
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