Holidays in the German Reich 1933–1945
public holidays
Statutory, non-working holidays , in addition to Sundays, in the Nazi state were:
| holiday | date | comment |
|---|---|---|
| New Year | January 1st | |
| Memorial Day | March 16th if Sunday, otherwise Sunday before March 16th | from 1939, previously on the 5th Sunday before Easter ( Reminiscere ) |
| Good Friday | Easter Sunday −2 days | |
| Easter Monday | Easter Sunday +1 day | |
| Führer birthday | 20th of April | only 1939 (Hitler's 50th birthday) |
| National holiday of the German people | 1st of May | from 1934, introduced in 1933 as a “national labor holiday” |
| Ascension of Christ | Easter Sunday + 39 days | |
| Whit Monday | Easter Sunday + 50 days | |
| Corpus Christi | Easter Sunday + 60 days | only in parishes with a predominantly Catholic population |
| Thanksgiving day | 1st Sunday after Michaelmas Day (September 29th) | |
| Reformation day | October 31 | only in parishes with a predominantly Protestant population |
| Remembrance Day for the Fallen of the Movement | November 9th | from 1939 |
| Day of Prayer and Repentance | Wednesday before November 23rd | |
| 1st Christmas Day | 25 December | |
| 2nd Christmas Day | December 26th |
Flag days
Days on which, according to the Second Ordinance for the Implementation of the Reich Flag Act of August 28, 1937, general flagging was ordered:
- Reich Foundation Day - January 18th
- National Survey Day - January 30th
- Heroes' Remembrance Day - February / March
- Leader's birthday - April 20th
- National holiday of the German people - May 1st
- Thanksgiving Day - September / October
- Remembrance Day for the Movement - November 9th
More memorial days
- Party founding ceremony - February 24th
- Mother's Day - 2nd Sunday in May
- Summer solstice - June 21st
- Nuremberg Rally in Nuremberg - first half of September
- Winter solstice - December 22nd
- Folk Christmas - December 24th
literature
- Jörg Koch: Third Reich , in: Ders. So that you don't forget history - national commemorative and public holidays from 1871 to today. Wbg Academic, Darmstadt 2019, ISBN 978-3-534-40186-4 , pp. 101-192.