# 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.
* 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)