2020 in Germany
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{{Year in Germany |2020}}
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Events in the year 2020 in Germany.
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Incumbents
Events
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= January =
- 5 January – Beginning of Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification{{cite web |url=https://www.cev.eu/News.aspx?NewsID=29649 |title=Germany and Berlin to host men's European Olympic qualifier! |date=29 August 2019 |publisher=CEV}}
- 6 January – End of 2019–20 Four Hills Tournament, a ski jumping event co-hosted by Germany and Austria{{cite web |title=Four Hills Tournament / Overall Standings |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=JP&raceid=5571 |website=FIS |accessdate=11 January 2020}}
- 17 January – Beginning of 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship{{cite web |title=2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships |url=https://eurohockey.org/2020-eurohockey-indoor-championships/ |website=eurohockey.org |publisher=EHF |access-date=13 June 2018 |date=13 June 2018 |archive-date=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613235049/https://eurohockey.org/2020-eurohockey-indoor-championships/ |url-status=dead }}
- 20 January – Beginning of 2020 German Masters
- 21 February – 2020 Junior World Luge Championships
- 24 January – 2020 Rot am See shooting
- 27 January – The first recorded infection of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany occurs in Bavaria.
= February =
- 5 February – The Start of the 2020 Thuringian government crisis. The Crisis was triggered by the election of Thomas Kemmerich from Free Democratic Party (Germany) FDP as Thuringian Minister President with votes from the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU} and (FDP). The election attracted considerable national and international attention because, for the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, a Minister President was elected with votes from a far-right populist party, in this case the AfD.
- 8 February – Kemmerich resigns as the Thuringian Minister President.
- 19 February – Hanau shootings
- 20 February – 70th Berlin International Film Festival
- 21 February
- Beginning of IBSF World Championships 2020
- Beginning of 2020 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf
- 22 February – 2020 German Indoor Athletics Championships
- 23 February – 2020 Hamburg state election: the SPD remains in first place with 39% of the vote.{{Cite news|url=https://www.merkur.de/politik/buergerschaftswahl-hamburg-2020-buergermeister-buergerschaft-afd-fdp-ergebnis-ticker-zr-13555162.html|title=Hamburg-Wahl 2020: Katastrophe für FDP besiegelt - Merz spricht von "Desaster" für CDU (in German)|date=2020-02-24|work=Merkur.de|access-date=2020-02-24}}
- 24 February – Volkmarsen ramming attack
- 26 February – Beginning of 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
= March =
- 9 March – First death in Essen in COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
- 12 March – The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) classified the Flügel a far-right faction within Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "a right-wing extremist endeavor against the free democratic basic order" that was incompatible with Germany's Basic Law, and placed the group under intelligence surveillance.[https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/presse/pm-20200312-bfv-stuft-afd-teilorganisation-der-fluegel-als-gesichert-rechtsextremistische-bestrebung-ein Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft AfD-Teilorganisation "Der Flügel" als gesichert rechtsextremistische Bestrebung ein] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318155006/https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/presse/pm-20200312-bfv-stuft-afd-teilorganisation-der-fluegel-als-gesichert-rechtsextremistische-bestrebung-ein |date=18 March 2020 }} [The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies the AfD sub-organization "The Wing" as a right-wing extremist endeavor] (press release), Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (March 12, 2020).{{cite news|title=Verfassungsschutz stuft "Flügel" als rechtsextrem ein|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=12 March 2020 |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/afd-verfassungsschutz-stuft-fluegel-als-beobachtungsfall-ein-a-1436d2da-ded7-4c62-9209-3ab648d104cf|language=de}}Katrin Bennhold, [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/world/europe/germany-afd.html Germany Places Part of Far-Right Party Under Surveillance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203050904/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/world/europe/germany-afd.html |date=3 December 2020 }}, New York Times (March 12, 2020).
- 16 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Germany; All schools in Germany are closed
= April =
- 20 April – 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Germany, Germany reopens shops with cloth face mask restriction for buyers, but Chancellor Angela Merkel warns of a second coronavirus wave in the country in autumn 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/20/germany-takes-tentative-steps-back-to-normality-as-coronavirus-lockdown-eases|title=Germany takes tentative steps back to normality as lockdown eases|date=20 April 2020|website=the Guardian}}
- 30 April – 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Germany - After a summit between Angela Merkel and state leaders, the federal government allowed opening of museums, monuments, botanical gardens and zoos, and religious services under strict social distancing conditions.{{cite web |title=Telefonschaltkonferenz der Bundeskanzlerin mit den Regierungschefinnen und Regierungschefs der Länder am 30 April 2020 |url=https://www.bundeskanzlerin.de/bkin-de/aktuelles/telefonschaltkonferenz-der-bundeskanzlerin-mit-den-regierungschefinnen-und-regierungschefs-der-laender-am-30-april-2020-1749798 |website=Die Bundeskanzlerin |access-date=7 May 2020 |language=de}}
= May =
- 5 May – German Bundesverfassungsgericht decided, that the expanded asset-purchase programme (EAPP) since 2015 by European Central Bank violates German law.[https://jura-online.de/blog/2020/05/07/paukenschlag-aus-karlsruhe-bverfg-urteilt-gegen-ezb-und-eugh/ Jura-Online: Paukenschlag aus Karlsruhe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123003840/https://jura-online.de/blog/2020/05/07/paukenschlag-aus-karlsruhe-bverfg-urteilt-gegen-ezb-und-eugh/ |date=23 January 2021 }} (german), May 5, 2020[https://www.merkur.de/wirtschaft/ezb-anleihenkaeufe-staatsanleihen-bundesverfassungsgericht-angela-merkel-urteil-verfassungswidrig-zr-13750612.html Merkur.de: EZB hält trotz Urteil an Anleihenkäufen fest - Merkel spricht von "heikler Lage"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527100427/https://www.merkur.de/wirtschaft/ezb-anleihenkaeufe-staatsanleihen-bundesverfassungsgericht-angela-merkel-urteil-verfassungswidrig-zr-13750612.html |date=27 May 2020 }}, May 5, 2020
- 7 May – German parliament Bundestag bans conversion therapy for those under 18 years nationwide and forbids advertising of conversion therapy. It also forbids conversion therapy for adults, if they decided by force, fraud or pressure.[https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2020/kw19-de-konversionsbehandlung-692676 Bundestag.de: Bundestag verbietet Therapien zur "Heilung" von Homosexualität (german)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601103800/https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2020/kw19-de-konversionsbehandlung-692676 |date=1 June 2020 }}, May 7, 2020
- 15 May – Germany's Bundestag votes to make the burning of the EU flag or that of another country a hate crime equivalent to that of burning the German flag - carrying a sentence of up to three years in prison. The only major party that opposed the move was the right-wing Alternative for Germany.{{Cite news|date=2020-05-15|title=Burning EU and other flags can now bring German jail term|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52674809|access-date=2020-09-02}}
=July=
- 21 July – The government of Baden-Württemberg bans full-face coverings burqas, niqabs for all school children. the rule will apply to primary and secondary education. Winfried Kretschmann the Ministers-President said that full-face veiling did not belong in a free society.{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=German state bans burqas, niqabs in schools {{!}} DW {{!}} 21.07.2020|url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-state-bans-burqas-niqabs-in-schools/a-54256541|access-date=2020-09-02|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2020-07-23|title=Children banned from wearing burkas at school in German state|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/23/german-state-bans-children-wearing-burka-school-13029540/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Metro|language=en}}
= August =
- 22 August – Alexai Navalny, a seriously ill Russian opposition leader, is taken to Berlin for treatment.{{Cite news|date=2020-08-22|title=Alexei Navalny: Putin critic arrives in Germany for medical treatment|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53871617|access-date=2020-09-02}}
- 29 August – hundreds of protesters try to storm the Reichstag. Early in the day tens of thousands protested against government measures for the coronavirus.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/29/berlin-braces-for-anti-coronavirus-protest-against-covid-19-restrictions|title='Anti-corona' extremists try to storm German parliament|agency=Associated Press|date=29 August 2020|website=the Guardian}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53964147|title=Germany coronavirus: Anger after attempt to storm parliament|work=BBC News |date=30 August 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.9news.com.au/world/germany-news-farright-extremists-try-to-enter-berlin-parliament/5a0da103-9de3-4087-bd11-0e33a05c115f|title=Police disperse tens of thousands at controversial German protest|website=www.9news.com.au}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-leaders-slam-extremists-who-rushed-reichstag-steps/a-54758246|title=German leaders slam extremists who rushed Reichstag steps | DW | 30.08.2020|website=DW.COM}}
= September =
- 2 September – The German government claims to have "unequivocal proof" that Alexai Navalny was poisoned with Novichok.{{Cite news|date=2020-09-02|title=Alexei Navalny: Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok - Germany|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54002880|access-date=2020-09-02}}
- 3 September – 2020 Solingen killings{{Cite news|date=2020-09-03|title=Germany children deaths: Bodies of five found in flat in Solingen|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54012885|access-date=2020-09-27}}
= October =
= December =
Deaths
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= January =
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- 2 January – Veronika Fitz, actress (b. 1936).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 4 January – Herbert Binkert, footballer (b. 1923).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 5 January – Hans Tilkowski, footballer (b. 1935){{cite web |url=https://www.time24.news/2020/01/wembley-goalkeeper-hans-tilkowski-is-dead.html |title=Wembley goalkeeper Hans Tilkowski is dead |access-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108004636/https://www.time24.news/2020/01/wembley-goalkeeper-hans-tilkowski-is-dead.html |archive-date=January 8, 2020 }}
- 10 January – Wolfgang Dauner, jazz pianist (b. 1935){{cite news| last = Schleider| first = Tim| url = https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.stuttgarter-jazzlegende-wolfgang-dauer-ist.e9e2b13d-6267-4f87-b734-bffdc8449333.html
| title = Stuttgarter Jazzlegende / Wolfgang Dauner ist tot| newspaper = Stuttgarter Zeitung| date = 10 January 2020
| language = de| access-date = 13 January 2020}}
- 11 January – Sabine Deitmer, author (b. 1947).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 13 January – Sophie Kratzer, ice hockey forward (b. 1989).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 16 January – Maik Hamburger, translator, writer and dramaturge (b. 1931).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 20 January – Wolfgang J. Fuchs, author and journalist (b. 1945).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 21 January
- Herbert Baumann, composer (b. 1925).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- Hermann Korte, academic specialising in German literature (b. 1949).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 23 January – Gudrun Pausewang, writer (b. 1928){{cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/gudrun-pausewang-die-wolke-1.4770069|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125151716/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/gudrun-pausewang-die-wolke-1.4770069|title=Schriftstellerin Gudrun Pausewang ist tot|first=Süddeutsche|last=Zeitung|archive-date=January 25, 2020|website=Süddeutsche.de}}
- 24 January – Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff, sculptor (b. 1921).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 29 January
- Othmar Mága, dirigent (b. 1929).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- Christoph Meckel, author (b. 1935).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
= February =
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- 4 February – Volker David Kirchner, violist and composer (b. 1942).{{cite news|url=https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik-klassik/Todesfall-Komponist-Volker-David-Kirchner-gestorben,kirchner-gestorben-100.html|title=Mainzer Komponist Volker David Kirchner gestorben|language=de|trans-title=composer Volker David Kirchner died}}
- 7 February – Lucille Eichengreen, Holocaust survivor and memoirist (b. 1925).{{cite news|url=https://www.radiolodz.pl/posts/58820-nie-zyje-lucille-eichengreen-ocalala-z-lodzkiego-getta|title=Nie żyje Lucille Eichengreen, Ocalała z łódzkiego getta|language=pl|trans-title=Lucille Eichengreen, survivor of the Łódź ghetto, is deadLucille Eichengreen, survivor of the Łódź ghetto, is dead|date=8 February 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- 8 February – Volker Spengler, actor (b. 1939).{{cite news|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/fassbinder-schauspieler-und-theaterstar-volker-spengler-ist-gestorben-1.4790232|title=Volker Spengler ist gestorben|language=de|trans-title=Volker Spengler has died|date=8 February 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- 9 February – Karl-Heinz Rädler, astrophysicist (b. 1935).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 11 February – Joseph Vilsmaier, film director (b. 1939).{{cite news |url=https://orf.at/stories/3154098/ |title= Joseph Vilsmaier ist tot|language=de|trans-title=Joseph Vilsmaier is dead|date=12 February 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- 12 February – Hansjoachim Linde, inspector general (b. 1926).[https://trauer.sueddeutsche.de/todesanzeige/hansjoachim-linde Dr. med. Hansjoachim Linde] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222191200/https://trauer.sueddeutsche.de/todesanzeige/hansjoachim-linde |date=22 February 2020 }} (in German)
- 14 February – Alwin Brück, politician (b. 1931).{{cite news |url=https://www.sr.de/sr/home/nachrichten/politik_wirtschaft/spd_politiker_alwin_brueck_gestorben_100.html|title=SPD-Politiker Alwin Brück ist tot |language=de|trans-title=SPD politician Alwin Brück is dead|date=16 February 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- 15 February – Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth, businessman (b. 1930).{{cite news|url= https://www.merkur.de/lokales/ebersberg/glonn-ort28734/karl-ludwig-schweisfurth-tot-herrmannsdorfer-landwerkstaetten-gruender-herta-tierwohl-nachhaltigkeit-nachruf-13543429.html|title=Herrmannsdorf-Gründer Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth ist tot - sein Werk wird weiterleben|language=de|trans-title=Herrmannsdorf founder Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth is dead - his work will live on|first1=Michael|last1=Acker|date=19 February 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- 17 February
- Ror Wolf, writer and poet (b. 1932).{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/autoren/schriftsteller-ror-wolf-im-alter-von-87-jahren-in-mainz-gestorben-16639994.html|title=Schriftsteller Ror Wolf gestorben|date=18 February 2020|language=de|trans-title=writer Ror Wolf died|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- Sonja Ziemann, actress (b. 1926).{{cite news|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/sonja-ziemann-gestorben-101.html|title=Sonja Ziemann gestorben|trans-title=Sonja Ziemann died|language=de|date=19 February 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- 20 February – Peter Dreher, painter (b. 1932).{{cite news|url=https://bnn.de/nachrichten/kultur/maler-peter-dreher-gestorben-bilderserie-tag-um-tag-guter-tag-bekanntestes-werk|title=Maler Peter Dreher gestorben: Bilderserie "Tag um Tag guter Tag" bekanntestes Werk|language=de|trans-title=Painter Peter Dreher died: picture series "Day after day, good day" best known work|date=20 February 2020|access-date=14 March 2020|archive-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221210203/https://bnn.de/nachrichten/kultur/maler-peter-dreher-gestorben-bilderserie-tag-um-tag-guter-tag-bekanntestes-werk|url-status=dead}}
- 26 February – Hans Deinzer, clarinetist (b. 1934).{{cite web|url=https://www.deutsche-klarinetten-gesellschaft.de/service/nachruf/|title=Prof. Hans Deinzer verstorben|language=de|trans-title=Prof. Hans Deinzer passed away|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- 27 February – Burkhard Driest, actor, writer and director (b. 1936).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
= March =
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- 1 March – Carsten Bresch, physicist and geneticist (b. 1921).{{cite web|url=https://bio3.biologie.uni-freiburg.de/|title=Das Institut trauert um Carsten Bresch|language=de|trans-title=The Institute mourns the murder of Carsten Bresch|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309161928/https://bio3.biologie.uni-freiburg.de/|archive-date=9 March 2020}}
- 2 March
- Tabea Blumenschein, actress (b. 1952).{{cite news|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/nachruf-auf-tabea-blumenschein-li.77455|title=Berliner Abschweifungen|language=de|trans-title=Berlin digressions|date=2 March 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- Viktor Josef Dammertz, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1929).{{cite news|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/augsburg-bistum-bischof-dammertz-gestorben-1.4827652|title=Früherer Bischof Viktor Josef Dammertz ist tot|language=de|trans-title=Former Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz is dead|date=2 March 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- Ulay, performance artist (b. 1943).{{cite news|url=https://www.artribune.com/arti-performative/2020/03/e-morto-lartista-ulay/|title=È morto Ulay: è la fine di un'epoca. Se ne va una delle colonne della performing art|language=it|trans-title=Ulay is dead: it's the end of an era. One of the columns of the performing art goes away|date=2 March 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- Susan Weinert, guitarist (b. 1965).{{cite news|url=https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/neunkirchen/neunkirchen/jazzgitarristin-susan-weinert-aus-neunkirchen-ist-tot_aid-49377059|title=Susan Weinert ist tot|language=de|trans-title=Susan Weinert is dead|date=5 March 2020|access-date=14 March 2020|publisher=Saarbrücker Zeitung}}
- Peter Wieland, singer and entertainer (b. 1930).{{cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/medien/ddr-schlagerstar-und-schauspieler-peter-wieland-mit-89-jahren-gestorben/25601966.html|title=Peter Wieland mit 89 Jahren gestorben|language=de|trans-title=Peter Wieland died at the age of 89|date=2 March 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- 3 March
- Freimut Duve, politician and author (b. 1936).{{cite news| last = Mangold| first = Ijoma| url = https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2020-03/freimut-duve-spd-rowohlt-lektor-nachruf| title = Der Intellektuelle als Politiker, der Politiker als Intellektueller| newspaper = Die Zeit| date = 4 March 2020| language = de|trans-title=The intellectual as a politician, the politician as an intellectual| access-date = 14 March 2020}}
- Günther Müller, conductor (b. 1925).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 9 March – Dietmar Rothermund, historian (b. 1933).
- 11 March – Burkhard Hirsch, politician (b. 1930).{{cite web| url = https://hs-duesseldorf.de/aktuelles/Seiten/20200312.aspx| title = Die Hochschule trauert um ihren Ehrenbürger Dr. Dr. h.c. Burkhard Hirsch|trans-title=The university mourns the loss of its honorary citizen Dr. Dr. hc Burkhard Hirsch | website = Hochschule Düsseldorf| date = 12 March 2020| language = de| access-date = 13 March 2020}}
- 12 March – Wolfgang Hofmann, jodoka (b. 1941).{{cite web |title=Judo-Deutschland trauert um Wolfgang Hofmann|trans-title=Judo Germany mourns Wolfgang Hofmann |url=https://www.judobund.de/aktuelles/detail/judo-deutschland-trauert-um-wolfgang-hofmann-4078/ |website=Deutscher Judo-Bund |access-date=13 March 2020 |language=de}}
- 13 March – Giwi Margwelaschwili, German-Georgian writer and philosopher (b. 1927).{{cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/giwi-margwelaschwili-ist-tot-a-e2a792ff-11e9-4115-aeda-115497a134c7|title=Giwi Margwelaschwili ist tot|language=de|trans-title=Giwi Margwelaschwili is dead|date=13 March 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- 21 March – Hellmut Stern, violinist (b. 1928){{cite news| last = Peitz| first = Christiane
| url = https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/zum-tod-des-geigers-hellmut-stern-der-musizierende-weltbuerger/25669952.html| title = Der musizierende Weltbürger| newspaper = Der Tagesspiegel| date = 22 March 2020| language = de| accessdate = 22 March 2020}}
- 24 March – Alfred Gomolka, politician (CDU) (b. 1942).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 26 March – Rolf Huisgen, chemist (b. 1920).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 28 March – Thomas Schäfer, politician (b. 1966).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 31 March – Reimar Lüst, astrophysicist (b. 1923).{{cite news|url=https://www.mpg.de/14637221/souveraener-steuermann-der-wissenschaft|title=Souveräner Steuermann der Wissenschaft|trans-title=Sovereign helmsman of science|language=de|date=31 March 2020|access-date=1 April 2020}}
= April =
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- 1 April – Rüdiger Nehberg, human rights activist and survival expert (b. 1935).{{Cite web |url=https://www.kxan36news.com/rudiger-nehbergs-dead-survival-expert-and-activist-dies-aged-84 |title=Rüdiger Nehberg's dead: Survival expert and activist dies aged 84 |date=3 April 2020 |access-date=3 April 2020 |archive-date=3 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403141212/https://www.kxan36news.com/rudiger-nehbergs-dead-survival-expert-and-activist-dies-aged-84 |url-status=live }}
- 2 April – Oskar Fischer, politician (b. 1923).{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtl.de/cms/langjaehriger-ddr-aussenminister-oskar-fischer-gestorben-4517284.html|title=Langjähriger DDR-Außenminister Oskar Fischer gestorben|access-date=3 April 2020|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403141259/https://www.rtl.de/cms/langjaehriger-ddr-aussenminister-oskar-fischer-gestorben-4517284.html|url-status=dead}}
- 12 April – Sascha Hupmann, basketball player (b. 1970).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 16 April – Ulrich Kienzle, journalist and author (b. 1936).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 19 April – Margit Otto-Crépin, equestrian (b. 1945).{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Margit Otto-Crépin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/11424 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=19 May 2021}}
- 21 April – Florian Schneider, musician (b. 1947){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/9372433/florian-schneider-dead-kraftwerk-co-founder-dies|title=Kraftwerk Co-Founder Florian Schneider Dies at Age 73|magazine=Billboard}}
- 22 April – Hartwig Gauder, race walker (b. 1954){{cite web|url=https://www.bild.de/regional/thueringen/thueringen-aktuell/medienbericht-ddr-olympia-held-hartwig-gauder-65-tot-70215726.bild.html|title=Medienbericht - DDR-Olympia-Held Hartwig Gauder (65) tot!|website=bild.de}}
- 23 April – Norbert Blüm, politician (b. 1935).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 30 April – Gerhard Zebrowski, footballer (b. 1940).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
= May =
- 1 May
- Judith Esser-Mittag, German gynecologist (b. 1921){{Cite web | url=https://trauer.rp-online.de/todesanzeige/judith-mittag |title = Dr. med. Judith Esser Mittag Obituary|date=May 9, 2020|access-date=May 17, 2020}}
- Sabine Zimmermann, TV host (b. 1951).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 6 May – Herbert Frankenhauser, politician (CSU) (b. 1945).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 8 May – Roy Horn, German-American magician and entertainer (b. 1944){{cite news|title=Roy Horn, Illusionist Who Dazzled Audiences as Half of Siegfried & Roy, Dies at 75|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/obituaries/roy-horn-dead-covid.html|first=Robert D.|last=McFadden|date=May 8, 2020|access-date=May 8, 2020|newspaper=The New York Times}}
- 12 May
- Astrid Kirchherr, photograph and artist (b. 1938){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/15/beatles-photographer-astrid-kirchherr-dies-aged-81|title=Beatles photographer Astrid Kirchherr dies aged 81|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|date=May 15, 2020|website=The Guardian}}
- Hans-Peter Naumann, philologist (b. 1933).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 13 May – Rolf Hochhuth, author and playwright (b. 1931){{cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/rolf-hochhuth-theater-1.4907415|title=Literatur - Dramatiker Rolf Hochhuth ist tot|first=Süddeutsche|last=Zeitung|website=Süddeutsche.de}}
- 17 May
- Hermann Fellner, politician (CSU) (b. 1952).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- Hans-Joachim Gelberg, writer and publisher of children's books (b. 1930).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- Peter Thomas, film music composer (b. 1925).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 21 May – Julitta Münch, journalist (b. 1959).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 25 May – Renate Krößner, actress (b. 1945).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 26 May – Irm Hermann, actress (b. 1942).{{cite web |title=The departed: the filmmakers we lost in 2020 |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/2020-obituaries-departed-filmmakers |website=BFI |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=en}}
= June =
- 1 June – Christoph Sydow, journalist (b. 1985).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 5 June
- Werner Böhm, musician and singer (b. 1941).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- Friedrich Stelzner, academic surgeon, scientist and educator (b. 1921).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 6 June – Dietmar Seyferth, chemist (b. 1929).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 7 June – Bettina Heinen-Ayech, painter (b. 1937).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 8 June – Klaus Berger, Roman Catholic theologian (b. 1940).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 10 June
- Hans Cieslarczyk, football player (b. 1937).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- Hans Mezger, automobile engineer (b. 1929).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 11 June – Hermann Salomon, javelin thrower (b. 1938).{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Hermann Salomon |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70474 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=19 May 2021}}
- 15 June – Anton Schlembach, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1932).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 18 June
- Claus Biederstaedt, actor (b. 1928).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- Anna Blume, photograph (b. 1936).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 25 June – Peter E. Toschek, experimental physicist (b. 1935).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 26 June – Katrin Beinroth, judoka (b. 1981).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 29 June – Gernot Endemann, film and television actor (b. 1942).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 30 June – Ludwig Finscher, musicologist (b. 1930).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
= July =
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- 1 July – Georg Ratzinger, Roman Catholic priest and musician (b. 1924).{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 2 July – Tilo Prückner, German television and film actor. (b. 1940)
- 5 July – Willi Holdorf, German football player (b. 1940){{cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/sport/zehnkampf-olympiasieger-willi-holdorf-gestorben_aid-52041029|title=Im Alter von 80 Jahren: Zehnkampf-Olympiasieger Holdorf gestorben|website=RP ONLINE|date=July 6, 2020}}
- 26 July – Hans-Jochen Vogel, lawyer and politician (b. 1926).{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-ex-spd-leader-hans-jochen-vogel-dies/a-54323343|title=Germany: Ex-SPD leader Hans-Jochen Vogel dies | DW | 26.07.2020|website=DW.COM}}
= August =
- 3 August – Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer (b. 1964){{Cite web|url=https://www.fn-magazin.de/magazin/aktuelles/bamberg-trauert-um-den-pinselartisten-ralf-metzenmacher-ist-tot/|title=Bamberg trauert um den Pinselartisten: Ralf Metzenmacher ist tot|date=4 August 2020|website=Frankische Nacht|access-date=27 June 2022|language=de}}
- 7 August – Fred Stillkrauth, German actor (b. 1939)
- 13 August – Bernd Fischer, German mathematician (b. 1936)
- 16 August – Georg Volkert, German football player (b. 1945)
- 28 August
- Wolfgang Stahl, German spectroscopist (b. 1956)
- Uli Stein, German artist (b. 1946){{Cite web|date=4 September 2020|title=Cartoonist Uli Stein ist tot|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/uli-stein-cartoonist-comics-1.5021193|access-date=4 September 2020|website=Süddeutsche Zeitung|language=de}}
- 30 August – Ingrid Stahmer, Geram politician (SPD) (b. 1942)
= September =
- 18 September – Joachim Kunert, German film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 22 September – Michael Gwisdek, German actor and film director (b. 1942)
- 24 September – Gerry Weber, German designer and entrepreneur (b. 1941)
- 27 September – Wolfgang Clement, German politician (b. 1940)
= October =
- 1 October – Otfried Nassauer, German journalist (b. 1956)
- 2 October – Heinz Kördell, German football player (b. 1932)
- 4 October – Günter de Bruyn, German writer (b. 1926){{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/guenter-de-bruyn-ist-tot-a-a85c7b57-7405-447f-a592-f474007e7937|title=Günter de Bruyn ist tot - DER SPIEGEL - Kultur|first=DER|last=SPIEGEL|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=8 October 2020 }}
- 6 October
- Folker Bohnet, German actor and theatre director (b. 1937)
- Herbert Feuerstein, German comedian (b. 1937)
- 15 October – Tom Maschler, German-born British publisher, founder of the Booker Prize (b. 1933).{{Cite news|last=Thomson|first=Liz |date=2020-10-16|title=Tom Maschler obituary|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/16/tom-maschler-obituary|access-date=2020-10-17|issn=0261-3077}}
- 25 October – Thomas Oppermann, German politician (b. 1954)
= November =
- 14 November – Peter Pagé, German computer scientist (b. 1939)
- 15 November – Rudolf Kippenhahn, German astrophysicist (b. 1926){{cite web |title=Rudolf Kippenhahn (24.5.1926 – 15.11.2020) |url=https://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/895469/news20201116 |website=www.mpa-garching.mpg.de |accessdate=18 November 2020 |language=en}}
= December =
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