Events in the year 1934 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
Head of State
President: Paul von Hindenburg (until 2 August 1934) Adolf Hitler (from 2 August 1934; as Führer and Chancellor)
Chancellor: Adolf Hitler (Nazi Party)
Events
1 January — Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring". 10 January — Marinus van der Lubbe is executed in Germany. 26 January — The 10 year German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed by Germany and the Second Polish Republic. 20 March — All the police forces in Germany come under the command of Heinrich Himmler. 29 May-31 May — The Confessional Synod of the German Evangelical Church meets in Barmen, Germany to write the Barmen Declaration. 30 June — The Nazi SA camp Oranienburg becomes a national camp, taken over by the SS. Night of the Long Knives: Nazis purge the SA. 10 July — German Social Democrat and author Erich Mühsam is killed in Oranienburg concentration camp. 2 August — President Paul von Hindenburg dies and Adolf Hitler declares himself Führer of Germany, becoming head of state as well as Chancellor. 19 August — German voters retroactively endorse Hitler's assumption of the powers of head of state in a referendum, with 89.9% in favor; Hitler effectively becomes the absolute dictator of Germany. 5–10 September — The 6th Nazi Party Congress is held in Nuremberg, attended by about 700,000 Nazi Party supporters and the Leni Riefenstahl film Triumph des Willens is made at this rally.
Births
1 January - Hans Huber, German boxer
4 January - Hellmuth Karasek, German journalist, literary critic, novelist and author (died 2015) 29 January - Paul Gutama Soegijo, German musician and composer (died 2019) 20 March - Peter Berling, German actor (died 2017) 27 March Jutta Limbach, German politician and jurist (died 2016) Peter Schamoni, German film director (died 2011) 1 April - Elmar Faber, German book publisher (died 2017) 5 April - Roman Herzog, German politician, President of Germany (died 2017) 13 April - Siegfried Matthus, German composer (died 2021) 27 April - Jürgen Kühling, German judge (died 2019) 6 May - Oskar Gottlieb Blarr, German composer 27 May - Uwe Friedrichsen, German actor (died 2016) 21 June - Josef Stoer, German mathematician 3 July Klaus von Beyme, German political scientist (died 2021) Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German general 10 July - Alfred Biolek, German television presenter (died 2021) 17 July Rainer Kirsch, German journalist and writer (died 2015) Horst Steinmann, German economist 20 July - Uwe Johnson, German writer (died 1984) 29 July — Albert Speer, Jr., German architect (died 2017) 29 August - Horst Szymaniak, German football player (died 2009) 5 September - Paul Josef Cordes, German cardinal 7 September - Mary Bauermeister, German artist (died 2023) 16 September - Hans A. Engelhard, German jurist and politician (died 2008) 24 September - Manfred Wörner, German politician (died 1994) 7 October — Ulrike Meinhof, German terrorist (died 1976) 19 October — Eva-Maria Hagen, German actress and singer (died 2022) 15 November - Martin Bangemann, German politician (died 2022) 21 November - Gerhard Erber, German pianist (died 2021) 24 November - Wolfgang Rademann, German television producer and journalist (died 2016) 29 November - Günter Wewel, German opera singer and television presenter (died 2023) 30 November - Albert, Margrave of Meissen, German nobleman (died 2012) 5 December - Eberhard Jüngel, German Lutheran theologian (died 2021)