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) 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 (died 2026) 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)
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