| 1/1/1940, Mon | New Year's Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 1/6/1940, Sat | Epiphany / Three Holy Kings |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 2/3/1940, Sat | Last weekend of Carnival |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Period of gaiety•the last weekend festive and active in Frankfurt. Low key in Berlin & Hamburg.
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| 2/4/1940, Sun | Last weekend of Carnival |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Period of gaiety•the last weekend festive and active in Frankfurt. Low key in Berlin & Hamburg.
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| 2/6/1940, Tue | Shrove Tuesday-end of Carnival |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Only some banks closed; Period of gaiety•changes in each city.
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| 3/22/1940, Fri | Good Friday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 3/24/1940, Sun | Easter |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 3/25/1940, Mon | Easter Monday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 5/1/1940, Wed | May Day / Labor Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 5/2/1940, Thu | Ascension |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 5/13/1940, Mon | Whit Monday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 5/23/1940, Thu | Whitsuntide |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 5/23/1940, Thu | Corpus Christi |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 8/8/1940, Thu | Augsburg Peace Festival (Friedensfest) |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 8/15/1940, Thu | Ascension of the Virgin Mary (Assumption) |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 10/3/1940, Thu | Day of German Unity |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5 aka National Day
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| 11/1/1940, Fri | All Saints' Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 12/24/1940, Tue | Christmas Eve |
- Businesses Closed
- PM
- Banks Closed
- PM
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5 Half day holiday
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| 12/25/1940, Wed | Christmas Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 12/26/1940, Thu | Boxing Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 12/31/1940, Tue | New Year's Eve |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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