1932 in Germany

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Incumbents

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)

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.

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)

Years in Germany (1870–present)

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