1948 in Germany

Events in the year 1948 in Germany.

Events

March 1 - Bank deutscher Länder was founded.
April 3 - Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung is first published.
April 5 - The 1948 Gatow air disaster was a mid-air collision in the airspace above Berlin, Germany that occurred on 5 April 1948.
June 24 - The Berlin Blockade started.
August 1 - German magazine Stern was founded.
October 2 - Hessischer Rundfunk started.
IG Farben Trial
Krupp Trial
Pohl trial

Births

January 16 - Gregor Gysi, German politician
February 16 - Harald Range, German lawyer (died 2018)
March 9 - Wolfgang Wieland, German lawyer and politician (died 2023)
March 27 - Edgar Selge, German actor
April 5 – Gisela Biedermann, Liechtensteiner physician and politician
April 10 - Bernd Clüver, German singer (died 2011)
April 12 - Joschka Fischer, German politician
April 14 - Peter Urban, German radio journalist
April 21 - Dieter Fromm, German athlete
May 17 - Winfried Kretschmann, German politician
May 25 - Klaus Meine, German singer
May 31 - Jürgen Stark, German economist
June 6 - Jürgen Marcus, German singer (died 2018)
June 8
Jürgen von der Lippe, German comedian and actor
Hans-Josef Becker, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
June 20 - Johannes Friedrich, German Lutheran bishop
June 30 - Wolf Erlbruch, German writer and children's book illustrator (died 2022)
July 18 - Hartmut Michel, German biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
July 22 - Otto Waalkes, German comedian
July 31 - Heinz Buschkowsky, German politician
August 5 - Karlheinz Smieszek, German sport shooter
September 1 - Jürgen Fitschen, German banker
September 2 – Manfred Böckl, German novelist and popular historian
October 28 - Wolfgang Ritter, German biologist
November 4 - Claus Richter, German journalist
November 16 - Norbert Lammert, German politician
November 23 - Gabriele Seyfert, German figure skater
November 24 - Christoph Bergner, German politician
December 2
Reinhard Höppner, German politician
Christine Westermann, German journalist
Gebhard Fürst, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
December 6 - Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German singer
December 20 - Beatrice Richter, actress and comedian

Deaths

12 January - Albert Grzesinski, German politician (born 1879)
5 February - Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (born 1898)
9 February — Karl Valentin, German actor and comedian (born 1882)
14 February - Conrad Gröber, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (born 1872)
16 February — Richard von Kühlmann, German diplomat and industrialist (born 1873)
10 April - Wilhelm Külz, German politician (born 1875)
2 May - Wilhelm von Opel, German automotive pioneer (born 1871)
2 June - Karl Brandt, German physician (born 1904)
25 June - Hans von Opel, German industrialist (born 1889)
27 June - Wilhelm Sauter, German painter (born 1896)
9 August — Hugo Boss, German fashion designer (born 1885)
13 September - Paul Wegener, German actor (born 1874)
3 October — Alois Wolfmüller, German engineer (born 1864)
9 October — Alfred Roth, German politician and writer (born 1879)
18 October - Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (born 1881)
25 October — Walter Bock, German chemist (born 1895)
5 November - Hans Schrader, German archaeologist (born 1869)
10 November - Julius Curtius, German politician (born 1877)
28 November - Will Dohm, German actor (born 1897)

References

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