1948 in Germany

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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. ^[1]
• 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)
• February 26 - Günther Denzler, German politician
• 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

1. "Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift, 1948-49 - The Cold War origins 1941-56 - Edexcel - GCSE History Revision - Edexcel". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 5 November 2025.