1932 in Germany

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Events in the year 1932 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

President

• Paul von Hindenburg (Non-partisan)

Chancellor

• Heinrich Brüning (Centre) to 30 May, then from 1 June Franz von Papen (Centre to 3 June, then Non-partisan) then 17 November, then from 3 December Kurt von Schleicher (Non-partisan)

Events

• 15 January – About 6 million are unemployed in Germany.
• 25 February – Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, opening the opportunity for him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
• 10 April – Paul von Hindenburg is elected president of Germany.
• 30 May – Chancellor Heinrich Brüning resigns. President Hindenburg asks Franz von Papen to form a new government.
• 14 June – Bans against the SS and SA are overturned.
• 17 July – Altona Bloody Sunday: In Altona, armed communists attack a National Socialist demonstration; 18 are killed. Many other political street fights follow.
• 31 July – Federal election: The Nazi Party gains a plurality and the Communists also gain seats. This creates a "negative majority" that prevents any majority coalition that does not include one of the two parties.
• 30 August – Hermann Göring is elected as chairman of the German Senate.
• 6 November – Federal election: The Nazis lose many seats, but retain the plurality as the Communists continue to gain. (This is the last free and fair election held throughout Germany until 1990.)
• 21 November – President Hindenburg begins negotiations with Adolf Hitler about the formation of a new government.
• 3 December – President Hindenburg names Kurt von Schleicher as German chancellor.

Births

• July 30 - Michael Bruno, German-born former governor of Israel's central bank and a Chief Economist of the World Bank (died 1996)
• September 24 - Walter Wallmann, German politician (died 2013)
• December 19 - Bernhard Vogel, German politician
• December 31 - Felix Rexhausen, German journalist (died 1992)

Deaths

• April 4 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist (born 1853)