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1933 - 1939: Strength Through Joy
by Walter Mueller
1 February 2005
1933
January 30th:
Reichs President Paul von Hindenburg named Adolf
Hitler to be Reichs Chancellor; swearing in of the new
Cabinet. Then, the unemployment numbers were at more
than 6 million.
February 11th:
The International Radio Show in Berlin.
March 1st:
Introduction of the world fastest plane: HE70
March 15th:
Unemployment goes down by 65,000
March 31st:
The first warship of its kind - Deutschland - is
delivered to the Reichs Navy (57,000 hp, 28 sea miles
per hour)
April 10th:
Elimination of the automotive tax for sedans, trucks
and motorcycles
April 25th:
New law to prevent overcrowding in schools
April 30th:
The unemployment numbers go down by another 700,000
May 1st:
The Day of Labor becomes an official holiday (it is
still today)
May 15th:
The first diesel driven train in the world goes into
service from Hamburg to Berlin (287 kilometers in 2
hours and 18 minutes)
July 6th:
Boxing world champion Max Schmeling marries actress
Annie Ondra
July 20th:
Reichs Declaration between the Catholic Church and
Germany that Catholics will always be part of German
history, however, they will get no political
recognition
August 5th:
The Fuehrer announces his plans to build a freeway
system throughout Germany
August 18th:
At the 10th German Radio Show in Berlin, the Reichs
Propaganda Ministry introduces the world's first radio
(Volks Empfaenger VE301). Each radio was priced at 76
Reichsmark
September 13th:
Marks a revolutionary social program, the introduction
of the formation of the Winter Help Program to fight
poverty, hunger and homelessness, funded through
donations
September 23rd:
Groundbreaking for the first freeway from Frankfurt to
Darmstadt and Heidelberg
October 1st:
The Day of German Farmers
October 2nd:
The Fuehrer's book "Mein Kampf" becomes the most sold
book in world history. More than 1 million sold
October 5th:
The Fuehrer breaks Ground for the "House of Arts"
November 24th:
First animal protection law in the world
December 21st:
Unemployment shrank to 2.7 million
1934
February 12th:
New law that separates girl and boy schools
March 4th:
The Lutheran Youth join the Hitler Youth
July 1st:
More than 200 kilometers of wireless TV programs are
successfully accomplished at Brecken Test Facility
August 2nd:
Von Hindenburg dies, the Fuehrer sworn in as commander
in chief
August 19th:
Germany votes on whether or not they support Adolf
Hitler, his politics and leadership role. Voter
turnout 95.7%. In support of the Fuehrer 89.9%
August 29th:
The first flight in the world to China by the Deutsche
Lufthansa
October 1st:
Drivers licenses can only be made when 18 years old
1935
February 4th:
Opening of the world biggest film archive in Berlin
March 12th:
Opening of the first radio contact between Berlin and
Tokyo
March 22nd:
In Berlin begins the worlds first television program
March 30th:
Groundbreaking law to provide low-income housing
April 1st:
The Fuehrer makes theater, opera, and movie theaters a
public affair. 4,781 movie theaters are now available
to the public with 1.8 million seats
April 2nd:
The worlds first CHP starts its services on German
highways and freeways
April 3rd:
Germans have donated for the Winter Hilfswerk 362
million Reichs Mark
May 12th:
Italian car ace Rudolf Caracciola wins the great prize
of Tripoli in a Mercedes Benz
May 19th:
Opening of the first 23 kilometer long autobahn from
Frankfurt to Heidelberg
June 14th:
Experiment to replace gasoline with wood gas
July 5th:
Gottfried von Erem wins Wimbledon
August 3rd:
Opening of the first mountain highway - the
Grossglockner Hochalpen Freeway
August 31st:
The unemployment rate shrank to 1.7 million
October 4th:
The Darmstadt/Heidelberg Freeway opens
October 12th:
New law that bans black jazz music
November 2nd:
The German Hans Speeman receives the Nobel Prize in
Physiology and Medicine
November 12th:
Now about 250,000 people are employed to build
Germany's freeways
1936
January 1st:
7,192,952 radio owners are in Germany
January 25th:
The Reichs Post announces live coverage of the XI
Olympics in Berlin
February 6th:
Der Fuehrer opens the Winter Olympics in Garmisch
Partenkirchen
February 25th:
The world's fastest locomotive begins its service
March 29th:
Nationwide election brings a turnout of 99%. 98.8% go
to Adolf Hitler
April 4th:
Opening of the freeway Berlin-Stettin
May 7th:
English becomes the first foreign language to be
taught in German schools
June 22nd:
A new law punishes the kidnapping of children with
death
June 26th:
The world's first helicopter is introduced to the
public
July 20th:
For the first time, the Olympic flames are carried
from Greece's Olympia to Berlin. 3,331 athletes carry
the flame over 3,187 kilometers
July 22nd:
Charles A. Lindbergh visits Berlin
August 1st:
The Fuehrer opens the XI Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Over 328 women, 3,634 men from 49 countries make these
Olympic Games one of a kind. Germany receives 38 Gold
Medals, 31 Silver Medals, and 32 Bronze Medals. For
the first time television is used to cover the games
live
August 3rd:
Another animal rights law to forbid hunting on horses
October 1st:
The unemployment rate is now reduced to 1 million
1937
January 1st:
Germany has now 8.16 million radio listeners, the
biggest number in Europe
January 10th:
Opening of the Berlin-Hannover freeway
February 20th:
The Fuehrer introduces the concept of a people's car
(Volkswagen) at the International Car Show in Berlin
May 5th:
The biggest passenger liner in the world, Wilhelm
Gustloff begins its Virgin cruise
May 18th:
A new law makes drunk driving a felony
August 31st:
The unemployment rate down to 509,000
October 4th:
Europe's first Historical Preservation Law and
Redevelopment Plan to rebuild and preserve Berlin,
Hamburg, Muenchen and Wuerzburg
October 31st:
Goebbels opens the World of the Book "Book and Sword
are the symbols of national politics"
1938
April 10th:
Austria voted 99% for unification with Germany
May 21st:
The Fuehrer orders the creation of a Richard Wagner
Research Institute in Bayreuth
May 26th:
The Fuehrer lays the first stone for the building of
Volkswagen factory in Fallesleben
August 11th:
The Focke Wulff Airplane flies non-stop from Berlin to
New York
August 31st:
The unemployment rate is now 179,000
December 15th:
More than 3,000 kilometers of freeway are opened
December 17th and 19th:
The German Chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Shabman
successfully accomplish the first uranium nuclear
experiment
1939
January 9th:
The grand opening of the new Reichs Chancellery
February 19th:
Christl Kranz wins the Ski World Championship in
Zakopane
May 7th:
The first speed limit on German freeways becomes the
law (100 kilometers)
June 9th:
The International Olympics Committee awards the Winter
Olympics 1940 again to Germany
June 29th:
Unemployment rate is 0. 113,000 foreign workers
brought in
September 1st:
With the war on Poland begins WWII
November 27th:
Germany wins the World Championship in soccer
In February of 1940, Manfred Baron von Ardene finishes
the first electron microscope with 500,000 times
enlargement
WALTER MUELLER
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