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

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### West Germany

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* President – Theodor Heuss
* Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

### East Germany

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

## Events

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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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.

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