The following is a list of events from the year 2010 in

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

Incumbents

Federal level

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: **

Horst Köhler Horst Köhler (; 22 February 1943 – 1 February 2025) was a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties, the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, CDU ...

(until 31 May 2010) **

Jens Böhrnsen Jens Böhrnsen (born 12 June 1949) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD who served as President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen from 2005 to 2015. From 1 November 2009 until 31 October 2010 he was President of t ...

(''Acting''; 31 May – 30 June 2010) **

Christian Wulff Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff (; born 1959) is a retired German politician and lawyer who served as President of Germany from 2010 to 2012. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he previously ...

(from 30 June 2010) *

Chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...

Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (; ; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office. She was Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and Leade ...

Events

Lena Meyer-Landrut at PC after 2010 Eurovision 2

* 16 January – The German government asks its citizens to stop using

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to protect their own security. * 22 January – A

Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...

court issues an

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for former

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

leader

Jorge Rafael Videla Jorge Rafael Videla ( ; ; 2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was an Argentine military officer and the ''de facto'' President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981, during the National Reorganization Process. His rule, which was during the time of Operati ...

, on suspicion of killing a German man. * 11–21 February –

60th Berlin International Film Festival The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2010, with Werner Herzog as president of the jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama '' Apart Together'', in com ...

* 13 February – More than 10,000 anti-fascist protesters successfully block a planned

neo-Nazi Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazism, Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and Supremacism#Racial, racial supremacy (ofte ...

march in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

. * 4 April – Three car bombs hit the Egyptian, German and Iranian embassies in the centre of the Iraqi capital,

Baghdad Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the A ...

, in quick succession, killing at least 30 people. * 29 May – With the song "

Satellite A satellite or an artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. They have a variety of uses, including communication relay, weather forecasting, navigation ( GPS), broadcasting, scient ...

", Germany's

Lena Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in ...

wins the

Eurovision Song Contest 2010 The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following the country's victory at the with the song "Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song), Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak. Organise ...

, the first German victory since

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

. * 25 June – Germany's

TanDEM-X TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) is a German twin satellite mission using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR). It is developed in a public-private partnership between the German Aerospace centre (DLR In ...

satellite, whose aim it is to create the most precise 3D map of

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...

's surface, obtains its first images. * 30 June —

is elected

President of Germany The president of Germany, officially titled the Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany (),The official title within Germany is ', with ' being added in international correspondence; the official English title is President of the F ...

. * 4 July – In a referendum, voters in the

German state The Federal Republic of Germany is a federation and consists of sixteen partly sovereign ''states''. Of the sixteen states, thirteen are so-called area-states ('Flächenländer'); in these, below the level of the state government, there is a ...

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

vote to ban smoking at all pubs and restaurants. * 7 July –

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

defeats

1–0 to win its

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and for its first time, along with

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

make the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final. * 10 July –

2010 FIFA World Cup The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. ...

defeats

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

3–2 to finish

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. * 12 July – At least eight people are injured after a tornado strikes the German island of Duene in the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...

. * 24 July – A massive stampede at the 2010 Love Parade in Duisburg kills 20 people and injures dozens more people. * 8 August – Dutch rider

Ellen van Dijk Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cycling, tr ...

wins the

2010 Sparkassen Giro The women's race of the 2010 Sparkassen Giro Bochum took place on 8 August 2010. It was the 10th women's edition of the Sparkassen Giro Bochum. The race started and ended in Bochum, Germany and spanned . 57 of the 97 participants finished. The ra ...

. * 26 August – German

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pop singer

Nadja Benaissa Nadja Benaissa (born 26 April 1982) is a German singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2000 when she auditioned for Popstars (German TV series), the German adaption of the reality television show ''Popstars (Germany), Popsta ...

is found guilty of

grievous bodily harm Assault occasioning grievous bodily harm (often abbreviated to GBH) is a term used in English criminal law to describe the severest forms of battery. It refers to two offences that are created by sections 18 and 20 of the Offences against the ...

after transmitting HIV to a man who had

unprotected sex Safe sex is sexual activity using methods or contraceptive devices (such as condoms) to reduce the risk of transmitting or acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially HIV. "Safe sex" is also sometimes referred to as safer se ...

with her without her telling him of her condition. * 21–26 September –

photokina Photokina is a trade fair held in Europe for the photographic and imaging industries. It is the world's largest such trade fair. The first Photokina was held in Cologne, Germany, in 1950, and since 1966 it has been held biennially in Septemb ...

in Cologne * 3 October ** Germany celebrates 20 years of

unification Unification or unification theory may refer to: Computer science * Unification (computer science), the act of identifying two terms with a suitable substitution * Unification (graph theory), the computation of the most general graph that subs ...

. ** The German government pays its last

World War I reparations Following their defeat in World War I, the Central Powers agreed to pay war reparations to the Allied Powers. Each defeated power was required to make payments in either cash or kind. Because of the financial situation in Austria, Hungary, and ...

. * 21 October – '' Freck Langsam'', German no-budget Gangster Comedy film is released. * 26 October – The number of unemployed in Germany drops first time since 1991 below three million. * 1 November –

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s are issued in the ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 format and contain RFID chips with

personally identifiable information Personal data, also known as personal information or personally identifiable information (PII), is any information related to an identifiable person. The abbreviation PII is widely used in the United States, but the phrase it abbreviates has fou ...

including a biometric Photo and, if desired, two fingerprints. WendlandAntiNuclearProtest9

* 9 November – Demonstrations in

Wendland The Wendland () is a region in Germany on the borders of the present states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Its heart is the Hanoverian Wendland in the county of Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony. ...

near

Gorleben Gorleben is a small municipality ('' Gemeinde'') in the Gartow region of the Lüchow-Dannenberg district in the far north-east of Lower Saxony, Germany, a region also known as the Wendland. Gorleben was first recorded as a town by the rulers of ...

against

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-transport. * 29 November – Break of coalition in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

between the

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and CDU parties. * December – The German Meteorological Service, , says December was the coldest December month since 1969 in Germany.

Deaths

January

* 1 January **

Marlene Neubauer-Woerner Marlene Neubauer-Woerner (1918 – 2010; Marlene Woerner), was a German sculptor. She was born in Landshut, Germany. Life In 1932, after the death of both parents, she attended the state school for ceramics in Landshut and completed her Master' ...

, 91, German sculptor (b. 1918) **

Freya von Moltke Freya von Moltke (née Deichmann; 29 March 1911 – 1 January 2010) was a German American lawyer and participant in the anti-Nazism, Nazi opposition group, the Kreisau Circle, with her husband, Helmuth James von Moltke. During World War II, h ...

, 98, German

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

resistance fighter A resistance movement is an organized group of people that tries to resist or try to overthrow a government or an occupying power, causing disruption and unrest in civil order and stability. Such a movement may seek to achieve its goals through ei ...

(b. 1911) * 4 January – Ludwig Wilding, 82, German artist (b. 1927) * 9 January ** Franz-Hermann Brüner, 64, German head of

OLAF Olaf or Olav (, , or differences between General American and Received Pronunciation, British ; ) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ances ...

(b. 1945) **

Diether Posser Diether Posser (9 March 1922 in Essen – 9 January 2010 in Essen) was a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party. Life During his childhood in Essen he was influenced by the Lutheran church. After serving in the ...

, 87, German politician (b. 1922) * 14 January **

Katharina Rutschky Katharina Rutschky (25 January 1941, Berlin – 14 January 2010, Berlin) was a German educationalist and author. She coined the term '' Schwarze Pädagogik'' (literally ''black pedagogy'') in her eponymous book from 1977, describing physical an ...

, 68, German

educationalist Education sciences, also known as education studies or education theory, and traditionally called ''pedagogy'', seek to describe, understand, and prescribe education including education policy. Subfields include comparative education, educationa ...

and author (b. 1941) **

Petra Schürmann Petra Schürmann-Freund (; 15 September 1933 – 14 January 2010) was a German actress, model, TV announcer and beauty queen who won Miss World 1956. Biography Schürmann won the Miss World 1956, 1956 Miss World contest, representing W ...

, 74, German television presenter, Miss World 1956 (b. 1933) * 15 January –

Detlev Lauscher Detlev Lauscher (30 September 1952 – 15 January 2010) was a German footballer who played as a striker during the 1970s and 1980s. He was born in Übach-Palenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Lauscher played five seasons for 1. FC Köln in the G ...

, 57, German

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

(b. 1952) * 18 January –

Günter Mielke Günter Mielke (30 November 1942 – 18 January 2010) was a West Germany, West German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and marathon. He was born in Berlin. He won the West German championships in marathon in 1975 and 1977 ...

, 67, German Olympic athlete (b. 1942) * 30 January –

Ruth Cohn Ruth Charlotte Cohn (born 27 August 1912 in Berlin, died 30 January 2010 in Düsseldorf) was a psychotherapist, educator, and poet. She is best known as the creator of a method for learning in groups called theme-centered interaction (TCI). She ...

, 97, German

psychotherapist Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of Psychology, psychological methods, particularly when based on regular Conversation, personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase hap ...

(b. 1912) * 31 January –

Erna Baumbauer Erna Baumbauer (8 January 1919 – 30 January 2010) was a German casting agent. She has been called the "grand dame of German casting agents" by ''The Hollywood Reporter'' for her long career in the German film industry, which spanned decades. She ...

, 91, German

casting agent A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds work for actors, authors, broadcast journalists, film directors, musicians, models, professional athletes, screenwriters, writers, dancers, and other professionals in various entertainment ...

(b. 1919)

February

* 10 February –

Michael Palme Michael Palme (1943 in Prague – February 10, 2010, in Wiesbaden) was a German journalist with a particular interest in sports. He also served as a television host and commentator for ZDF for many years. In 2000, the (National Olympic Committ ...

, 66, German

sportswriter Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions. Sports journalism has its roots in coverage of horse racing and boxing in the early 1800s, mainly targeted towards elites, and into t ...

and

host A host is a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality during it. Host may also refer to: Places * Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County * Host Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica People * ...

(b. 1943) * 12 February –

Werner Krämer Werner Krämer (23 January 1940 – 12 February 2010) was a German football player, who was a household name to the West German football audience under his nickname ''Eia Krämer''. He was born in Duisburg, Germany. Club career He scored 49 g ...

, 70, German

(b. 1940) * 14 February – Rosa Rein, 112, German-born Swiss

supercentenarian A supercentenarian, sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian, is a person who is 110 or older. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Supercentenarians typically live a life free of significant age-related diseases until short ...

(b. 1897) * 16 February – Ino Kolbe, 95, German

Esperanto Esperanto (, ) is the world's most widely spoken Constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 to be 'the International Language' (), it is intended to be a universal second language for ...

expert (b. 1914) * 17 February – Ines Paulke, 51, German

rock and roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from African ...

singer and songwriter, suicide (b. 1958) * 18 February – Erwin Bachmann, 88, German

Waffen-SS The (; ) was the military branch, combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscr ...

officer (b. 1921) * 21 February – Casimir Johannes Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, 93, German politician (b. 1917) * 23 February **

Gerhardt Neef Gerhard "Gerry" Neef (30 December 1946 – 23 February 2010), often known as Gerhardt Neef, was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Although Neef was taken to Scotland initially by Eddie Turnbull, manager of Aberd ...

, 63, German

(

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), (b. 1946) ** Henri Salmide, 90, German

naval officer An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer (NCO), or a warrant officer. However, absent ...

, saved

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

port from destruction (b. 1919) * 27 February –

David Bankier David Bankier (; 19 January 1947 – 27 February 2010) was a Holocaust historian and head of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem.Ethan Bronner, "David Bankier, Scholar of Holocaust, Dies at 63", ''New York Times'', ...

, 63, German-born Israeli

Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...

scholar (b. 1947)

March

* 5 March – Wolfgang Schenck, 97, German airman,

Luftwaffe The Luftwaffe () was the aerial warfare, aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. German Empire, Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial German Army, Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Ge ...

flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviation, military aviator credited with shooting down a certain minimum number of enemy aircraft during aerial combat; the exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ...

(b. 1913) * 12 March – Hanna-Renate Laurien, 81, German politician (b. 1928) * 14 March – Konrad Ruhland, 78, German

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

(b. 1932) * 20 March –

Erwin Lehn Erwin Lehn (8 June 1919, Grünstadt – 20 March 2010) was a German jazz composer, bandleader and musician. On 1 April 1951 he established the ''Südfunk dance orchestra'' of the South German Radio in Stuttgart, which he directed until 1992. ...

, 90, German musician and conductor (b. 1919) * 21 March –

Wolfgang Wagner Wolfgang Wagner (30 August 191921 March 2010) was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's d ...

, 90, German director (

Bayreuth Festival The Bayreuth Festival () is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of stage works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. Wagner himself conceived and promoted the idea of a special ...

) (b. 1919) * 22 March –

Emil Schulz Emil Schulz (25 May 1938 – 22 March 2010) was a German amateur boxer and five-time national champion, who lost only 21 of his 223 fights. He competed for the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Olympics in the middleweight division and won a si ...

, 71, German

boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: *Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing * Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

(b. 1938) * 25 March –

Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (19 December 1916 – 25 March 2010) was a German political scientist. Her most famous contribution is the model of the spiral of silence, detailed in ''The Spiral of Silence: Public Opinion – Our Social Skin''. The m ...

, 93, German

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

(b. 1916) * 27 March –

Peter Herbolzheimer Peter Alexandru Herbolzheimer (; 31 December 1935 – 27 March 2010) was a Romanian-German jazz trombonist and bandleader. Biography Herbolzheimer was born to a Romanian mother and a German father in Bucharest, Romania. His family emigrated i ...

, 74, German jazz musician (b. 1935) * 30 March ** Alfred Ambs, 87, German

(b. 1923) **

Josef Homeyer Josef Homeyer (1 August 1929 – 30 March 2010) was a German Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim, located in Hildesheim, from his appointment by Pope John Paul II on 25 August 1983 until his retirement on 20 August 2004. Biography ...

, 80, German

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Minister (Christianity), Christian clergy who is an Ordinary (church officer), ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which me ...

, Bishop of

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; or ; ) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim (district), Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of t ...

(1983–2004) (b. 1983) **

Martin Sandberger Martin Sandberger (17 August 1911 – 30 March 2010) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era and a convicted Holocaust perpetrator. He was the commander of ''Sonderkommando'' 1a of ''Einsatzgruppe'' A, as well as of the ''Sicherh ...

, 98, German

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

leader and Holocaust perpetrator (b. 1911) * 31 March –

Ludwig Martin Markus Ludwig Martin (25 April 1909 – 31 March 2010) was a German lawyer. He served as Attorney General of Germany from 7 April 1963 until 30 April 1974. Early life and education Born in Waltenhofen as the son of a dairy worker, Martin was abl ...

, German lawyer (b. 1909)

April

* 3 April –

Ferdinand Simoneit Ferdinand Simoneit (14 June 1925; Duisburg – 3 April 2010; Löffingen) was a German journalist, author, professor and World War II veteran. Life During the German invasion of the Soviet Union he was a '' Panzersoldat'' and seriously wounded on ...

, 84, German journalist, author and

veteran A veteran () is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in an job, occupation or Craft, field. A military veteran is a person who is no longer serving in the military, armed forces. A topic o ...

(b. 1925) * 4 April ** Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfke, 87, German mathematician and academic (b. 1922) **

Erich Zenger Erich Zenger (July 5, 1939, Dollnstein – April 4, 2010, Münster) was a German Roman Catholic priest and theologian. Ordained in 1964, Zenger studied in Rome, Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Eur ...

, 70, German

theologian and

bible scholar Biblical studies is the academic application of a set of diverse disciplines to the study of the Bible, with ''Bible'' referring to the books of the canonical Hebrew Bible in mainstream Jewish usage and the Christian Bible including the canon ...

(b. 1939) * 5 April **

Günther C. Kirchberger Günther C. Kirchberger (22 August 1928; Kornwestheim – 5 April 2010; Göppingen) was a German painter and professor. He was a Hard Edge painter and a close friend to Lawrence Alloway. Together with Georg Karl Pfahler Kirchberger was the found ...

, 81, German academic and painter (b. 1928) **

Gisela Trowe Gisela Trowe (5 September 1922 in Dortmund – 5 April 2010 in Hamburg) was a German actress and voice actress. Selected filmography * 1948: ''Street Acquaintances (1948 film), Street Acquaintances'' * 1948: ''The Time with You'' * 1948: ' * ...

, 86, German actress (b. 1922) * 6 April – Hans Schröder, 79, German sculptor and painter (b. 1931) * 8 April – Andreas Kunze, 57, German actor (b. 1952) * 9 April –

Gisela Karau Gisela Karau (birth name: Wilczynski; 28 March 1932 in Berlin – 9 April 2010 in Berlin) was an East German journalist and author of children's literature. Born in Berlin, she was married and had two children. Life Gisela Karau was born i ...

, 78, German author, editor and columnist (b. 1932) * 10 April **

Martin Ostwald Martin Ostwald (January 15, 1922 – April 10, 2010) was a German-American classical scholar, who taught until 1992 at Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania. His main field of study was the political structures of ancient Greece. ...

, 88, German-born American

classics Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

scholar (b. 1922) ** Manfred Reichert, 69, German

(b. 1940) * 11 April ** Gerhard Geise, 80, German mathematician (b. 1930) ** Hans-Joachim Göring, 86, German

and coach (b. 1923) **

Gert Haller Gert Haller (30 April 1944, in Tübingen – 11 April 2010, inhttps://www.welt.de/die-welt/wirtschaft/article7159031/Staatssekretaer-Gert-Haller-gestorben.html Financial lobbyist Haller dies Bremen) was a German manager, politician and lobbyist o ...

, 65, German

business manager The Oxford English Dictionary defines a business manager as "a person who manages the business affairs of an individual, institution, organization, or company". Compare manager. Business managers drive the work of others (if any) in order to op ...

lobbyist Lobbying is a form of advocacy, which lawfully attempts to directly influence legislators or government officials, such as regulatory agencies or judiciary. Lobbying involves direct, face-to-face contact and is carried out by various entities, in ...

and politician (b. 1944) ** Theodor Homann, 61, German

(b. 1948) ** Egon Hugenschmidt, 84, German

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ...

and politician (b. 1925) * 12 April ** Ambrosius Eßer, 76, German Dominican clergy and church historian (b. 1933) ** Wolfgang Graßl, 40, German

skier Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International ...

and coach (b. 1970) **

Werner Schroeter Werner Schroeter (7 April 1945 – 12 April 2010) was a cinema of Germany, German film director, screenwriter, and opera director known for his stylistic excess. Schroeter was cited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an influence both on his own work ...

, 65, German film director (b. 1945) * 14 April – Stefan Schmitt, 46, German

and politician (b. 1963) * 15 April – Wilhelm Huxhorn, 54, German

(b. 1955) * 17 April –

Josef W. Janker Josef Wilhelm Janker (7 August 1922; Wolfegg – 17 April 2010; Ravensburg) was a German author and World War II veteran. Life Janker was the son of a shoemaker and grew up in Oberschwaben. After a carpenter apprenticeship, he was called up for mi ...

, 87, German author, journalist and

(b. 1922) * 21 April – Manfred Kallenbach, 68, German

, heart failure (b. 1942) * 24 April **

Leo Löwenstein Carl-Friedrich Hubertus Georg Eduardo Paolo Nickolos Franz Alois Ignatius Hieronymus Maria, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (30 September 1966 – 24 April 2010), better known by his racing alias Leonhard "Leo" Löwenstein, wa ...

, 43, German

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...

(b. 1966) **

Paul Schäfer Paul Schäfer Schneider (4 December 1921 – 24 April 2010) was a German-Chilean Christian minister, convicted sex offender, and the founder and leader of a sect and agricultural commune of 300 German immigrants called Colonia Dignidad (''Dig ...

, 88, German religious

sect A sect is a subgroup of a religion, religious, politics, political, or philosophy, philosophical belief system, typically emerging as an offshoot of a larger organization. Originally, the term referred specifically to religious groups that had s ...

founder and former

Nazi army The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previou ...

corporal (b. 1921) * 30 April – Paul Mayer, 98, German

prelate and

cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to * Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae ***Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of ...

(b. 1911)

May

* 3 May **

Stefan Doernberg Stefan Doernberg (21 June 1924 – 3 May 2010) was a German writer, secondary school teacher and Researcher of Contemporary History as well as the final director of International Relations Institute for the Academy of the State and Jurisprudenc ...

, 85, German writer and teacher (b. 1924) ** Guenter Wendt, 85, German-born American

spacecraft A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed spaceflight, to fly and operate in outer space. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including Telecommunications, communications, Earth observation satellite, Earth observation, Weather s ...

engineer (

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...

) (b. 1923) * 4 May –

Freddy Kottulinsky Winfried Philippe Adalbert Karl Graf Kottulinsky Freiherr von Kottulin, better known as Freddy Kottulinsky (20 July 1932 – 4 May 2010), was a German-Swedish racing and rallying driver who won the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1980. He was born in Mu ...

, 77, German-born

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

(b. 1932) * 5 May – Alfons Kontarsky, 77, German pianist (b. 1931) * 8 May –

Peer Schmidt Peer Eugen Georg Schmidt (11 March 1926; Erfurt, Weimar Germany – 8 May 2010; Berlin) was a German actor who specialized in film actor, films, television and dubbing. He is best known as the German voice of Gérard Philipe, Marlon Brando and Jean ...

, 84, German actor (b. 1926) * 9 May –

Karl-Heinz Schnibbe Karl-Heinz Schnibbe (January 5, 1924 – May 9, 2010) was a German Resistance to Nazism member during World War II who, as a 17-year-old growing up in Nazi Germany in 1941, was an accomplice in a plan by three German teenagers, members of ...

, 86, German partisan,

(b. 1924) * 12 May ** Dieter Bock, 71, German businessman and

multimillionaire A millionaire is an individual whose net worth or wealth is equal to or exceeds one million units of currency. Depending on the currency, a certain level of prestige is associated with being a millionaire. Many national currencies have, or ha ...

(b. 1938) **

Edith Keller-Herrmann Edith Keller-Herrmann (17 November 1921 – 12 May 2010
) was a German woman

, 88, German

chess Grandmaster Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the t ...

(b. 1921) * 13 May ** Walter Klimmek, 91, German

(b. 1919) ** Klaus Kotter, 75, German

bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobslei ...

official (b. 1934) * 15 May – Christian Habicht, 57, German actor (b. 1952) * 17 May **

Ludwig von Friedeburg Ludwig von Friedeburg (21 May 1924 – 17 May 2010) was a German politician and sociologist and a German naval officer during World War II. He served as Minister for Education for the state of Hesse from 1969 until 1974. During that period he for ...

, 85, German politician and sociologist, Hesse

Minister for Education An education minister (sometimes minister of education) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with educational matters. Where known, the government department, ministry, or agency that develops policy and deli ...

(1969–1974) (b. 1924) **

Fritz Sennheiser Fritz Sennheiser (9 May 1912 – 17 May 2010) was a German inventor and entrepreneur who founded and served as chairman of Sennheiser Electronic, a manufacturer of audio equipment. Biography Early life and education Born in Berlin on 9 ...

, 98, German

electrical engineer Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

and entrepreneur, founder of

Sennheiser Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG (, ) is a German audio equipment manufacturer headquartered in Wedemark. Sennheiser specializes in equipment for both the consumer and professional audio markets, including microphones, headphones, and loudsp ...

(b. 1912) * 23 May – Eva Ostwalt, 108, German-born American

survivor (b. 1902) * 24 May –

Anneliese Rothenberger Anneliese Rothenberger (19 June 192424 May 2010) was a German operatic soprano who had an active international performance career which spanned from 1942 to 1983. She specialized in the lyric coloratura soprano repertoire, and was particularly a ...

, 83, German opera singer (b. 1919) * 29 May – Paul Müller, 69, German

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

(b. 1940)

June

* 10 June –

Sigmar Polke Sigmar Polke (13 February 1941 – 10 June 2010) was a German painter and photographer. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matters and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s, ...

, 69, German painter and photographer (b. 1941) * 12 June –

Daisy D'ora Baroness Daisy von Freyberg zu Eisenberg, known professionally as Daisy D'ora, (26 February 1913 – 12 June 2010) was a German beauty queen, socialite and actress. Born in Potsdam, Germany to an impoverished aristocratic family, she began her ...

, 97, German actress and socialite (b. 1913) * 13 June –

Ernest Fleischmann Ernest Martin Fleischmann (December 7, 1924 – June 13, 2010) was a German-born American impresario who served for 30 years as executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which he upgraded to become a top-ranked orchestra. A talented ...

, 85, German-born American

impresario An impresario (from Italian ''impresa'', 'an enterprise or undertaking') is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, Play (theatre), plays, or operas, performing a role in stage arts that is similar to that of a film producer, film or ...

, executive director of the

Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California. The orchestra holds a regular concert season from October until June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from ...

(b. 1924) * 15 June –

Heidi Kabel Heidi Bertha Auguste Kabel (; 27 August 1914 – 15 June 2010) was a German actress and musician. Most of her stage roles were performed at the Ohnsorg-Theater in Hamburg, many of them in Low German. She became famous in Germany as many of the pr ...

, 95, German stage actress (b. 1914) * 18 June – Hans Joachim Sewering, 94, German physician, member of the

Waffen SS The (; ) was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both German-occupied Europe and unoccupied lands. ...

(1933–1945) (b. 1916) * 19 June – Ursula Thiess, 86, German artist and actress (''

Bengal Brigade ''Bengal Brigade'' is a 1954 American adventure war film directed by Laslo Benedek and starring Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl and Ursula Thiess. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the 1952 novel ''The Bengal Tige ...

'') (b. 1924) * 21 June –

Wilfried Feldenkirchen __NOTOC__ Wilfried Paul Feldenkirchen (October 25, 1947 – June 21, 2010) was a German professor and economic historian. Life Wilfried Feldenkirchen was born in Cologne and studied history, English studies and economics at the University of ...

, 62, German

economic An economy is an area of the Production (economics), production, Distribution (economics), distribution and trade, as well as Consumption (economics), consumption of Goods (economics), goods and Service (economics), services. In general, it is ...

historian and

project manager A project manager is a professional in the field of project management. Project managers have the responsibility of the Project planning, planning, procurement and execution of a project, in any undertaking that has a defined scope, defined star ...

(

Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational technology conglomerate. It is focused on industrial automation, building automation, rail transport and health technology. Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe, and holds the positi ...

) (b. 1947) * 22 June **

Marie-Luise Jahn Marie-Luise Jahn (28 May 1918 – 22 June 2010) was a German physician and a member of the anti-Nazi resistance movement White Rose during World War II. Biography Jahn was born in Sandlack, East Prussia (today Sędławki, Poland), where she ...

, 92, German activist, member of the anti-Nazi resistance movement

White Rose The White Rose (, ) was a Nonviolence, non-violent, intellectual German resistance to Nazism, resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students and one professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Munich ...

(b. 1918) **

Manfred Römbell Manfred Römbell (3 December 1941, Bildstock – 22 June 2010, Saarbrücken) was a German author In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work that has been published, whether that work exists in written, graphic, visual, ...

, 68, German writer (b. 1941) * 23 June **

Jörg Berger Jörg Berger (13 October 1944 – 23 June 2010) was a German football manager and player, who last managed Arminia Bielefeld. Career As an active he played for 1.FC Lok Leipzig. Coaching career In 1970, Berger was forced to retire due to ...

, 65, German

football manager ''Football Manager'', also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008, is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game beg ...

(b. 1944) **

Frank Giering Frank Giering (23 November 1971 – 23 June 2010) was a German actor. Biography Giering studied at the HFF Potsdam. He starred in a production of '' The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole'' and was cast by Austrian filmmaker, Michael Haneke for the ...

, 38, German actor ('' Funny Games'') (b. 1971) * 28 June **

Willie Huber Wilhelm Heinrich "Willie" Huber (January 15, 1958 – June 28, 2010) was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks and Philad ...

, 52, German-born Canadian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player (

Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the East ...

) (b. 1958) ** Kirsten Heisig, 48, German politician and juvenile magistrate (b. 1961)

July

* 2 July –

Carl Adam Petri Carl Adam Petri (12 July 1926 in Leipzig – 2 July 2010 in Siegburg) was a German mathematician and computer scientist. Life and work Petri created his major scientific contribution, the concept of the Petri net, in 1939 at the age of 13, for ...

, 83, German

computer scientist A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...

(b. 1926) * 3 July –

Herbert Erhardt Herbert "Ertl" Erhard (6 July 1930 – 3 July 2010), also known as Herbert Erhardt, was a German footballer who played as a defender. Club career Erhard played for SpVgg Fürth and Bayern Munich. He was known for his hard tackling, doggedne ...

, 79, German

, FIFA World Cup winner 1954 (b. 1930) * 12 July –

Günter Behnisch Günter Behnisch (12 June 1922 – 12 July 2010) was a German architect, born in Lockwitz, near Dresden. During the Second World War he became one of Germany's youngest submarine commanders. Subsequently, Behnisch became one of the most prominent ...

, 88, German architect (b. 1922) * 22 July –

Herbert Giersch Herbert Giersch (11 May 1921 – 22 July 2010) was a German economist. He was one of the initial members of the German Council of Economic Experts in 1964, serving on the council until 1970, and also was president of the Kiel Institute for the Wo ...

, 89, German economist (b. 1921) * 24 July –

Theo Albrecht Theodor Paul Albrecht (; 28 March 1922 – 24 July 2010) was a German entrepreneur. He established the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Karl Albrecht. In 2010, Theo was ranked by ''Forbes'' as the 31st richest person in the wo ...

, 88, German entrepreneur and billionaire (

Aldi Aldi (German pronunciation: ), stylised as ALDI, is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and ...

Nord,

Trader Joe's Trader Joe's is an American grocery store chain headquartered in Monrovia, California, with 597 locations across the US. The first Trader Joe's store was opened in 1967 by founder Joe Coulombe in Pasadena, California. In 1979, the chain was s ...

) (b. 1922) * 25 July – Erich Steidtmann, 95, German

officer An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French ''officier''), from Medieval Latin ''officiarius'' "an officer," fro ...

(b. 1914) * 30 July – Otto Joachim, 99, German-born Canadian

violist The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the v ...

and composer of

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

(b. 1910)

August

* 5 August –

Jürgen Oesten Jürgen Oesten (24 October 1913 – 5 August 2010) was a ''Korvettenkapitän'' in the ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. He commanded the U-boats and , and then served as a staff officer before returning to command . He sank nineteen ships for ...

, 96, German U-boat commander during

(b. 1913) * 7 August – Jürgen Thimme, 92, German

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

and

U-boat U-boats are Submarine#Military, naval submarines operated by Germany, including during the World War I, First and Second World Wars. The term is an Anglicization#Loanwords, anglicized form of the German word , a shortening of (), though the G ...

commander (b. 1917) * 8 August –

Bernhard Philberth Bernhard Josef Philberth (26 March 1927 in Traunstein, Germany – 8 August 2010 in Melbourne) was an independent physicist, engineer and philosopher. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1972. Biography Philberth was a member of the Academy ...

, 83, German

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

, engineer, philosopher and theologian (b. 1927) * 11 August –

Bruno Schleinstein Bruno Schleinstein (2 June 1932 – 11 August 2010), often credited as Bruno S., was a German film actor, artist, and musician. He is known internationally for his roles in two films directed by Werner Herzog, '' The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser'' (1 ...

, 78, German actor (b. 1932) * 12 August – Manfred Homberg, German boxer (b. 1933) * 18 August ** Maria Wachter, 100, German communist and

, member of VVN (b. 1910) ** Sepp Daxenberger, 48, German politician (b. 1962) * 19 August – Gerhard Beil, 84,

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

politician (b. 1926) * 21 August –

Christoph Schlingensief Christoph Maria Schlingensief (24 October 1960 – 21 August 2010) was a German theatre director, performance artist, and filmmaker. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker, Schlingensief later staged productions for theatres and festiva ...

, 49, German film and theatre director (b. 1960) * 26 August – Walter Wolfrum, 87, German

fighter ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviation, military aviator credited with shooting down a certain minimum number of enemy aircraft during aerial combat; the exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ...

(b. 1923)

September

* 7 September – Eberhard von Brauchitsch, 83, German industrial manager (b. 1926) * 11 September – Baerbel Bohley, 65, East German opposition figure & artist (b. 1945) * 16 September –

Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Joseph Maria Manuel Georg Meinrad Fidelis Benedikt Michael Hubert Fürst von Hohenzollern (3 February 1924 – 16 September 2010) was the head of the House of Hohenzollern for over 45 years. Biography Friedrich Wilhe ...

, 86, German nobleman (b. 1924) * 18 September –

Egon Klepsch Egon Alfred Klepsch (30 January 1930 – 18 September 2010) was a German politician ( CDU). In the years 1963–1969, Klepsch was Federal leader of the Junge Union. In 1965 he worked briefly as an election campaign manager for Ludwig Erhard. ...

, 80, German politician (b. 1930)

October

* 14 October –

Hermann Scheer Hermann Scheer (29 April 1944 – 14 October 2010) was a Social Democrat member of the German Bundestag (parliament), President of Eurosolar (European Association for Renewable Energy) and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable E ...

, 66, German politician (b. 1944) * 21 October –

Loki Schmidt Hannelore "Loki" Schmidt (; 3 March 1919 – 21 October 2010) was a German teacher and environmentalist. She was the wife of Helmut Schmidt, who was the Chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1982. Life and work Hannelore Glaser was born in 1919 i ...

, 91, German

environmentalist Environmentalism is a broad Philosophy of life, philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings. While environmentalism focuses more on the environmental and nature-related aspects of Green politics, g ...

and wife of

Helmut Schmidt Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (; 23 December 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He was the longest ...

(b. 1919)

November

* 5 November –

Hajo Herrmann Hans-Joachim "Hajo" Herrmann (1 August 1913 – 5 November 2010) was a World War II Luftwaffe pilot and officer and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. After the war, Hermann spent 10 years in Soviet cu ...

, 97, German

pilot (b. 1913) * 6 November –

Ezard Haußmann Ezard Haußmann (10 February 1935 – 6 November 2010) was a German Theatre, stage, television and film actor. He and costume designer Doris Haußmann were the parents of film director Leander Haußmann. Haußmann appeared in several of his son's ...

, 75, German actor (b. 1935) * 15 November –

Andreas Kirchner Andreas Kirchner (17 August 1953 – 10 November 2010) was an East German hammer thrower and bob pusher for record holder Wolfgang Hoppe. He competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in t ...

, 57, German Winter sportsman (b. 1953) * 20 November **

Walter Helmut Fritz Walter may refer to: People and fictional characters * Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...

, German author (b. 1929) **

Heinz Weiss Heinz Weiss (12 June 192120 November 2010) was a German film actor. Weiss is best known for playing the role of Phil Decker in the Jerry Cotton series of films and the role of Captain Heinz Hansen in ''Das Traumschiff''. He also played the char ...

, German actor (b. 1921) * 26 November –

Maria Hellwig Maria Hellwig (22 February 1920 – 26 November 2010) was a German yodeler, popular performer of volkstümliche Musik (Alpine folk music), and television presenter. Life Maria Neumaier was born in 1920 to Heinrich Neumaier, an electrician, an ...

, 90, German singer (b. 1920) * 30 November –

Peter Hofmann Peter Hofmann (22 August 1944 – 30 November 2010) was a German tenor who had a successful performance career within the fields of opera, rock music, rock, pop music, pop, and musical theatre. He first rose to prominence as a heldentenor at th ...

, 76, German singer (b. 1944)

December

* 7 December ** Armin Weiss, 83, chemist and politician (b. 1927) ** Arnold Weiss, 86, German-born American soldier (b. 1924) * 15 December – Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach, 87, German sport journalist (b. 1923) * 17 December –

Mikhail Umansky Mikhail Markovich Umansky (Russian: ; January 21, 1952 – December 17, 2010) was a Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess, who was the 13th ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1989 and 1998. He was also USSR Corr ...

, 58, Russian-born German chess grandmaster (b. 1952) * 20 December - Katharina Szelinski-Singer, 92, German sculptor (b. 1918)

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