1951 in Germany

none February 2026 1951 1951 Events in the year 1951 in West Germany and East Germany. Incumbents West Germany President – Theodor Heusshttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodor-Heuss Theodor Heuss Encyclopædia Britannica 28 February 2026 Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer East Germany Head of State – Wilhelm Pieck Head of Government – Otto Grotewohl Events 29 April – Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1951 5 June – East German referendum, 1951 6 to 17 June – 1st Berlin International Film Festival unknown date – In Munich, a collection of mementos and personal papers belonging to Adolf Hitler is turned over to Bayerische Landesbank, for authentication and eventual sale. Among the documents are his appointment as Chancellor signed by President Paul von Hindenburg, his Austrian passport, as well as an assortment of swastika insignia pins and medals. An initial offer of $200,000.00 is made for the collection. Births 1 January - Hans-Joachim Stuck, racing driver 4 January - Richard Oetker, German businessman 8 January - Franz Pachl, German chess player and composer 28 January - Karl Honz, German athlete 16 February - Franz-Josef Hermann Bode, German bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück 24 February - Gabriele Schnaut, German opera singer (died 2023) 4 March - Edelgard Bulmahn, German politician 24 March - Monika Stolz, German politician 30 March - Wolfgang Niedecken, German singer 1 April - Johanna Wanka, German politician 9 April - Monika Piel, German journalist 17 April - Horst Hrubesch, German football player 18 May - Angela Voigt, German long jumper (died 2013) 26 June - Jürgen Rüttgers, German politician 28 June - Rolf Milser, German weightlifter 13 July - Sonia Seymour Mikich, German journalist 21 July - Eberhard Gienger, German politician and gymnast 26 July - Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, German politician 31 July - Martin Mosebach, German writer 3 August - Hans Schlegel, German astronaut 5 August - Franz-Peter Hofmeister, German athlete 15 August - Herfried Münkler, German political scientist 5 September - Paul Breitner, German football player 22 September - Wolfgang Petry, German singer 24 September - Heinz Hoenig, German actor 29 September - Jörg Diesch, German sailor 29 September- Jutta Ditfurth, German sociologist, writer, and radical ecologist politician 5 October - Beate Heister, German businesswoman 20 October - Hans-Georg Aschenbach, German ski jumper 21 November - Thomas Roth, German journalist 2 December - Roman Bunka, German musician (died 2022) 4 December - Reinhard Eiben, German canoeist 14 December - Mike Krüger, German comedian 18 December - Volker Bouffier, German politician Deaths 22 January - Karl Nessler, German inventor of the permanent wave (born 1872) 30 January - Ferdinand Porsche, German automobile pioneer (born 1875) 3 February - August Horch German engineer and automobile pioneer, (born 1868) 8 February - Fritz Thyssen, German entrepreneur (born 1873) 12 March - Alfred Hugenberg, German businessman, politician and publisher (born 1865) 26 April - Gerda Müller, German actress (born 1894) 26 April - Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (born 1868) 1 July — Gustav Höhne, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1893) 2 July - Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (born 1875) 20 July - Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, German crown prince (born 1882) 26 July – Maximilian Ritter von Pohl, German air force officer (born 1893) 4 August - Ernst von Weizsäcker, German diplomat and politician (born 1882) 30 August - Erich Emminger, German politician (born 1880) 6 October - Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist (born 1884) 17 October - Johann Becker, German politician (born 1869) October 20 - Karl Jarres, German politician (born 1874) 4 December - Sebastian Finsterwalder, German mathematician and glaciologist (born 1862) References 1951 Category:1950s in Germany Category:Years of the 20th century in Germany Germany Germany