Events in the year 1975 in Germany.
Incumbents President – Walter Scheel Chancellor – Helmut Schmidt
Events
25 February – German Constitutional Court abortion decision 27 February – The 2 June Movement kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met. 27 June–8 July – 25th Berlin International Film Festival August: Fire on the Lüneburg Heath Date unknown German company Coppenrath & Wiese was founded. Launch of the Volkswagen Polo, a three-door hatchback which fits into the Volkswagen range below the Golf and is similar in size and concept to the Renault 5 from France. The Flick affair begins with a share trade where the Flick company sold shares worth 1.9 Billion Deutsche Mark from Daimler AG to the Deutsche Bank.
Births 13 February – Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler, German politician 21 February – Daniel Fehlow, German actor 26 February – Frank Busemann, German decathlete 3 March – Johanna Wokalek, German actress 16 March – Sibylle Brauner, German alpine skier 23 March – Stefan Möller, German politician 13 April – Lou Bega, German singer 14 April –Tino Chrupalla, AfD German politician 7 May – Michael Kretschmer, German politician 4 June – Radost Bokel, German actress 23 June – Prince Daniel of Saxony, German nobleman 30 June – Ralf Schumacher, German racing driver 2 July –Maxim Mehmet, German actor 26 July – Ingo Schultz, German athlete 16 September – Petra Haltmayr, German alpine skier 22 September – Christian Ulmen, German entertainer and actor 19 October – Hilde Gerg, German ski alpine skier undated - Christoph Bach, German actor
Deaths
5 January – Gottlob Berger, German Nazi senior official (born 1896) 11 January Roma Bahn, German actress (born 1896) Max Lorenz, German tenor (born 1901) 24 January – Erich Kempka, chauffeur of Adolf Hitler (born 1910) 2 February – Karl Maron, German politician (born 1903) 3 March – Therese Giehse, actress (born 1898) 22 March – Paul Verhoeven, actor, theatre and film director (born 1901) 1 April – Lorenz Jaeger, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born 1892) 17 April – Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, nobleman (born 1893) 17 June – Max Barthel, writer (born 1893) 6 July – Margret Boveri, journalist and writer (born 1900) 12 August – Werner Rittberger, figure skater (born 1891) 30 October – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887) 26 November – Anton Storch, politician (born 1892) 16 December – Wilhelm Stählin, German Lutheran theologian, bishop, preacher (born 1883) 24 December – Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck, German politician (born 1897)
See also 1975 in German television
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