1932 in Germany
Events in the year 1932 in Germany.
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- 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.
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