1950 in Germany

1950 in West Germany

1949  •1950 • 1951  • 1952  • 1953

Decades: 1940s  • 1950s  • 1960s

See also: History of Germany (1945–1990)  • Timeline of German history#20th century  • List of years in Germany#20th century

1950 in East Germany

1949  •1950 • 1951  • 1952  • 1953

Decades: 1940s  • 1950s  • 1960s

See also: History of East Germany  • History of Germany (1945–1990)  • Timeline of German history#20th century  • List of years in Germany#20th century

Events in the year 1950 in West Germany and East Germany .

Incumbents

West Germany

• President – Theodor Heuss
• Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

East Germany

• First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party – Walter Ulbricht
• President – Wilhelm Pieck
• Minister-President – Otto Grotewohl

Events

• April 30 - The last Ration stamps (for sugar) expire in West Germany; In the GDR, food stamps were still in use until 1958.
• June 5 - German broadcaster ARD started.
• July 6 - Treaty of Zgorzelec was signed between the Republic of Poland and East Germany (GDR).
• July 19 - The Central Council of Jews in Germany is founded.
• August 5 - Publication of the Charter of German Expellees.
• September 7 - Schwarzwaldmädel, the first German color film after the end of the war, premieres in Stuttgart. It ushers in an era of local film in West Germany.
• September 19 - At the conference of foreign ministers of the three Western powers in New York, the federal government in Bonn was recognized as the only “free and legally constituted” government in Germany.
• October 5-9 - Himmerod memorandum
• October 19 - East German general election, 1950

Births

• January 9 - Rio Reiser, singer (died 1996)
• January 21 - Marion Becker, athlete
• January 22 - Werner Schulz, politician (died 2022)
• January 27 - Ulrich Deppendorf, journalist
• January 30 - Reinhold Kauder, canoeist
• February 2 - Barbara Sukowa, actress
• February 8 - Manfred Milinski, biologist
• March 6 - Felix Genn, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
• March 12 – Traudl Treichl, German alpine skier
• March 22 - Hugo Egon Balder, actor and comedian
• March 22 - Herman Weigel, German film producer
• April 25 - Peter Hintze, German politician (died 2016)
• April 30 - Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, German judge
• May 12 - Renate Stecher, athlete
• May 16 - Georg Bednorz, physicist
• May 18 - Thomas Gottschalk, actor and television presenter
• May 26 - Werner Bergmann, sociologist
• May 31 - Christine Kurzhals, politician (died 1998) ^[1]
• June 15 - Heidi Schüller, long jumper
• June 16 - Klaus Lage, singer
• June 21 - Ferdinand Kirchhof, judge
• June 20 - Gudrun Landgrebe, actress
• July 7 - Gerda Hasselfeldt, politician
• July 27- David Storl, track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put
• August 5 - Rosi Mittermaier, alpine ski racer (died 2023)
• August 12 – Iris Berben, actress
• September 2 - Michael Rother, musician
• September 23 - Dietmar Lorenz, judoka
• October 13 - Annegret Richter, athlete
• October 28 - Annette Humpe, singer
• November 10 - Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller, historian
• November 17 - Roland Matthes, swimmer
• November 28 - Hans Fassnacht, swimmer

Deaths

• 8 February - Arthur Kampf, German painter (born 1864)
• 9 February - Franz Justus Rarkowski, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (born 1873)
• 12 February — Max Beckmann, German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (born 1884)
• 3 March - Eugen Klöpfer, German actor (born 1886)
• 11 March - Heinrich Mann, German writer (born 1871)
• 3 April - Kurt Weill, German composer (born 1900) ^[2]
• 22 April - Günther Rüdel, German general (born 1883)
• 27 April — Karl Straube, German organist (born 1873) ^[3]
• 2 May — Paul Eugen Sieg, physicist and writer (born 1899)
• 3 May — August Marahrens, German Protestant bishop who served as Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover (born 1875)
• 29 May — Wilhelm Bendow, German actor (born 1884)
• 29 June — Melitta Bentz, German inventor and entrepreneur (born 1873)
• 1 September - Fritz Kampers, German actor (born 1891)
• 10 October - Josef Straßberger, German weightlifter (born 1894)
• 1 November - Heinrich Tessenow, German architect (born 1876)
• 2 November - Kurt Schmitt, German economic leader and the Reich Economy Minister (born 1886)
• 8 November — Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer, German zoologist (born (1873)
• 30 November - Werner Haase, German surgeon (born 1900)
• 21 December - Konrad von Preysing, German prelate of Roman-Catholic Church (born 1880)
• 27 December — Max Beckmann, German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (born 1884)

References

1. "Biographie des MdB Christine Kurzhals, SPD" [Biography of MP Christine Kurzhals, SPD]. Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-04.
2. Mercado, Mario R. (1989). Kurt Weill: A Guide to His Works. Kurt Weill Foundation for Music.
3. Biographie, Deutsche. "Straube, Karl - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-30.