2010 in Germany
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Federal level

  • President
    President of Germany
    The President of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's head of state. His official title in German is Bundespräsident . Germany has a parliamentary system of government and so the position of President is largely ceremonial...

     – Horst Köhler
    Horst Köhler
    Horst Köhler is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. He was President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties, the CDU and the CSU, and the liberal FDP, Köhler was elected to his first five-year term by the Federal Assembly on...

     until 31 May, Christian Wulff
    Christian Wulff
    Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff is the President of Germany and a politician of the Christian Democratic Union. He was elected President on 2010 and publicly swore the oath of office on . A lawyer by profession, he served as Premier of the state of Lower Saxony from 2003 to 2010.-Early life and...

  • Chancellor – Angela Merkel
    Angela Merkel
    Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...


Events

  • January 16 – The German government asks its citizens to stop using Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

    's web browser
    Web browser
    A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...

     Internet Explorer
    Internet Explorer
    Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year...

     to protect their own security.
  • January 22 – A Nuremberg
    Nuremberg
    Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...

     court issues an arrest warrant
    Arrest warrant
    An arrest warrant is a warrant issued by and on behalf of the state, which authorizes the arrest and detention of an individual.-Canada:Arrest warrants are issued by a judge or justice of the peace under the Criminal Code of Canada....

     for former Argentine
    Argentina
    Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

     leader Jorge Rafael Videla
    Jorge Rafael Videla
    Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo is a former senior commander in the Argentine Army who was the de facto President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. He came to power in a coup d'état that deposed Isabel Martínez de Perón...

    , on suspicion of killing a German
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

     man.
  • April 4 – Three car bombs hit
    4 April 2010 Baghdad bombings
    The 4 April 2010 Baghdad Bombings were a string of car bombings in Baghdad Iraq which killed at least 42 people, and wounded at least another 224. The attack was aimed at foreign embassies...

     the Egypt
    Egypt
    Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

    ian, German
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

     and Iran
    Iran
    Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

    ian embassies in the centre of the Iraq
    Iraq
    Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

    i capital, Baghdad
    Baghdad
    Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

    , in quick succession, killing at least 30 people.
  • May 29 – With the song "Satellite
    Satellite (Lena Meyer-Landrut song)
    "Satellite" is a song performed by German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut, written by American Julie Frost and Dane John Gordon. It was Germany's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The song was chosen via televoting during the national Eurovision pre-selection show Unser Star für Oslo on 12...

    ", Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    's Lena
    Lena Meyer-Landrut
    Lena Meyer-Landrut , known professionally as Lena, is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway, and won the contest with the song "Satellite"...

     wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
    Eurovision Song Contest 2010
    The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...

    , the first German victory since 1982
    Eurovision Song Contest 1982
    The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 24 April 1982 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The presenter was Jan Leeming. The opening of the contest showed a map of Europe, with the translation "Where is Harrogate?" popping up on-screen from...

    .
  • June 3 – Christian Wulff
    Christian Wulff
    Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff is the President of Germany and a politician of the Christian Democratic Union. He was elected President on 2010 and publicly swore the oath of office on . A lawyer by profession, he served as Premier of the state of Lower Saxony from 2003 to 2010.-Early life and...

     is nominated for President of Germany
    President of Germany
    The President of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's head of state. His official title in German is Bundespräsident . Germany has a parliamentary system of government and so the position of President is largely ceremonial...

     by Chancellor
    Chancellor of Germany
    The Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany...

     Angela Merkel
    Angela Merkel
    Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...

    .
  • June 25 – Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    's TanDEM-X
    TanDEM-X
    TanDEM-X is the name of TerraSAR-X's twin satellite, a German Earth observation satellite using SAR - a modern radar imaging technology. It is a second, almost identical spacecraft to TerraSAR-X...

     satellite, whose aim it is to create the most precise 3D
    Three-dimensional space
    Three-dimensional space is a geometric 3-parameters model of the physical universe in which we live. These three dimensions are commonly called length, width, and depth , although any three directions can be chosen, provided that they do not lie in the same plane.In physics and mathematics, a...

     map of Earth
    Earth
    Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...

    's surface, obtains its first images.
  • July 4 – In a referendum, voters in the German state
    States of Germany
    Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...

     of Bavaria
    Bavaria
    Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

     vote to ban smoking at all pubs and restaurants.
  • July 7 – Spain
    Spain national football team
    The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...

     defeats Germany
    Germany national football team
    The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

     1-0 to win its semi-final
    2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
    The knockout stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the World Cup, following the group stage. It began on 26 June with the round of 16 matches, and ended on 11 July with the final match of the tournament held at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in which Spain beat the...

     and for its first time, along with Netherlands
    Netherlands national football team
    The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...

     make the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final
    2010 FIFA World Cup Final
    The 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 11 July 2010 at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, to determine the winner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 with a goal from Andrés Iniesta four minutes from the end of extra time...

    .
  • July 10 – 2010 FIFA World Cup
    2010 FIFA World Cup
    The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

    : Germany
    Germany national football team
    The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

     defeats Uruguay
    Uruguay national football team
    The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...

     3-2 to finish third
    2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
    The knockout stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the World Cup, following the group stage. It began on 26 June with the round of 16 matches, and ended on 11 July with the final match of the tournament held at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in which Spain beat the...

    .
  • July 12 – At least eight people are injured after a tornado strikes the German
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

     island of Duene in the North Sea
    North Sea
    In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...

    .
  • July 24 – A massive stampede at the 2010 Love Parade in Duisburg
    Love Parade stampede
    On 24 July 2010, a stampede at the 2010 Love Parade electronic dance music festival in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, caused the death of 21 people. At least 510 more were injured....

     kills 20 people and injures dozens more people.
  • August 16 – Nadja Benaissa
    Nadja Benaissa
    Nadja Benaissa is a German singer, songwriter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date", according to the German media.After a series of commercially successful releases...

    , a HIV-positive former singer in the German
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

     girl band No Angels
    No Angels
    The No Angels are an all-female pop trio from Germany, consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early 2000s, including three ECHOs, a World Music Awards, a NRJ...

    , goes on trial for allegedly not advising sexual partners of her condition.
  • August 26 – German
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

     HIV-positive pop singer
    Pop Singer
    "Pop Singer" is the début single from London-based glam rockers Rachel Stamp. It was released in February, 1996 through WEA. The single was released as a 2 track CD Single and limited edition pink 7" vinyl of 1000 copies...

     Nadja Benaissa
    Nadja Benaissa
    Nadja Benaissa is a German singer, songwriter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date", according to the German media.After a series of commercially successful releases...

     is found guilty of grievous bodily harm
    Grievous bodily harm
    Grievous bodily harm is a term of art used in English criminal law which has become synonymous with the offences that are created by sections 18 and 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861....

     after transmitting HIV
    HIV
    Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...

     to a man who had unprotected sex with her without her telling him of her condition.
  • September 28 - Germany's £22billion World War I
    World War I
    World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

     debt is finally paid off after more than 90 years.
  • October 3 - Germany celebrates 20 years of unification
    Unification of Germany
    The formal unification of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871 at the Versailles Palace's Hall of Mirrors in France. Princes of the German states gathered there to proclaim Wilhelm of Prussia as Emperor Wilhelm of the German...

    .
  • October 26 - The number of unemployed in Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

     drops first time since 1991 below three million.
  • November 1 - German identity card
    German identity card
    The German Identity Card is issued to German citizens by the local registration offices ....

    s are issued in the ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 format and contain RFID chips with personally identifiable information including a biometric Photo and, if desired, two fingerprints.


  • November 9 - Demonstrations in Wendland
    Wendland
    Wendland may refer to either of the following regions or people:*Wendland may refer to a region once inhabited by Wends, an old Germanic term for Slavic tribes living in close proximity to the Germanic tribes:...

     near Gorleben
    Gorleben
    Gorleben is a small municipality 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....

     against CASTOR-transport.
  • November 29 - Break of coalition in Hamburg
    Hamburg
    -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

     between parties of Green and CDU
    Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
    The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...

  • December - Offenbach: Deutsche Wetterdienst says December was coldest December month since 1969 in Germany.

Deaths

  • January 1 – Marlene Neubauer-Woerner
    Marlene Neubauer-Woerner
    Marlene Neubauer-Woerner, born Marlene Woerner , was a German sculptor. She was born in Landshut, Germany.-Life:...

    , 91, German sculptor. http://www.chiemgau-online.de/portal/lokales/trostberg-traunreut_Floetenspieler-Schoepferin-gestorben-_arid,119747.html
  • January 1 – Freya von Moltke
    Freya von Moltke
    Freya von Moltke was a participant in the anti-Nazi resistance group, the Kreisau Circle, with her husband, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke...

    , 98, German World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

     resistance fighter. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/6937604/Freya-von-Moltke.html
  • January 4 – Ludwig Wilding
    Ludwig Wilding
    Ludwig Wilding was a German artist whose work is associated with Op art and Kinetic art. Wilding was born in Grünstadt, Germany. He studied at the University of Mainz Art School....

    , 82, German artist. http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/Home/Lokales/Neuburg/Lokalnachrichten/Artikel,-Ludwig-Wilding-ist-tot-_arid,2040891_regid,2_puid,2_pageid,4502.html
  • January 9 – Franz-Hermann Brüner
    Franz-Hermann Brüner
    Franz-Hermann Brüner was a German public official who was until recently director-general of OLAF, the European Union Anti-Fraud Office...

    , 64, German head of OLAF, after long illness. http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2010/01/head-of-olaf-dies/66833.aspx
  • January 9 – Diether Posser
    Diether Posser
    Diether Posser was a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party.- Life :...

    , 87, German politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    . http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/Ehemaliger-SPD-Finanzminister-Diether-Posser-gestorben-id2374313.html
  • January 14 – Katharina Rutschky
    Katharina Rutschky
    Katharina Rutschky was a German educationalist and author. She coined the term "Schwarze Pädagogik" in her eponymous book from 1977. The term was later translated to poisonous pedagogy by Alice Miller...

    , 68, German educationalist and author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

    . http://www.taz.de/1/leben/koepfe/artikel/1/die-urbane-intellektuelle/
  • January 14 – Petra Schürmann
    Petra Schürmann
    -External links:* - richly illustrated...

    , 74, German television presenter, Miss World 1956
    Miss World 1956
    Miss World 1956, the sixth annual Miss World pageant, was held on 15 October 1956 at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom. 24 contestants competed for the Miss World...

    , after long illness. http://www.merkur-online.de/nachrichten/stars/tv-moderatorin-petra-schuermann-591118.html
  • January 15 – Detlev Lauscher
    Detlev Lauscher
    Detlev Lauscher 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...

    , 57, German footballer. http://bazonline.ch/basel/stadt/Trauer-um-Detlev-Lauscher/story/29788303
  • January 18 – Günter Mielke
    Günter Mielke
    Günter Mielke was a 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 and won silver medals in 10,000 metres in 1971, 1972 and 1974...

    , 67, German Olympic
    Olympic Games
    The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

     athlete. http://www.germanroadraces.de/24-0-14215-guenter-mielke-ist-tot.html
  • January 30 – Ruth Cohn
    Ruth Cohn
    Dr. Ruth C. Cohn was a psychotherapist, educator, and poet. She is best known as the creator of a communication method called theme-centered interaction...

    , 97, German psychotherapist
    Psychotherapy
    Psychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...

    . http://www.wdr.de/radio/home/nachrichten/chronol.phtml?datum=2010-1-31&tag=31&monat=1&jahr=2010&seite=4&block=2 (German)
  • January 31 – Erna Baumbauer
    Erna Baumbauer
    Erma Baumbauer 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...

    , 91, German casting agent
    Talent agent
    A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, film directors, musicians, models, producers, professional athletes, writers and other people in various entertainment businesses. Having an agent is not required, but does help the artist in getting jobs...

    . http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9ee4b481143e87d72efa8c3e0417ad62
  • February 10 – Michael Palme
    Michael Palme
    Michael Palme was a German journalist with particular interest in sports. He also served as a television host and commentator for ZDF for many years.-Reference:* , obituary from ZDF.de Michael Palme (born 1943 in Prague - died February 10, 2010 in Wiesbaden) was a German journalist with...

    , 66, German sportswriter and host. http://www.faz.net/s/Rub510A2EDA82CA4A8482E6C38BC79C4911/Doc~EC4C1550B4F3C4CCD8D8E1E9B147B6861~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html?rss_googlenews
  • February 12 – Werner Krämer, 70, German footballer. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/520935/artikel_Werner-Eia-Kraemer-ist-tot.html
  • February 14 – Rosa Rein
    Rosa Rein
    Rosa Rein was a Swiss supercentenarian, and the oldest living person in Switzerland since the 3 September 2006 death of 110-year-old Anna Ringier-Kieser, and as of 20 June 2008 their new longevity recordholder. She was one of the 15 verified oldest living people at the time of her death...

    , 112, German-born
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

     Swiss
    Switzerland
    Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

     supercentenarian
    Supercentenarian
    A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

    . http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Oldest_Swiss_dies_at_112.html?cid=8299820
  • February 16 – Ino Kolbe
    Ino Kolbe
    Ino Kolbe , born as Ino Voigt, was a German Esperantist. Both she and her brother Holdo Voigt learned Esperanto from birth....

    , 95, German Esperanto
    Esperanto
    is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...

     expert. http://www.esperanto-nb.de/informiloj/2010/verda_informilo2010_05.html
  • February 17 – Ines Paulke, 51, German rock and roll
    Rock and roll
    Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

     singer
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

     and songwriter
    Songwriter
    A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

    , suicide
    Suicide
    Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...

    . http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/berlin/ines_paulke_selbstmord_nach_liebesaus/156363.php
  • February 18 – Erwin Bachmann
    Erwin Bachmann
    Erwin Bachmann was a Obersturmführer in the Waffen SS during World War II...

    , 88, German Waffen-SS
    Waffen-SS
    The Waffen-SS was a multi-ethnic and multi-national military force of the Third Reich. It constituted the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel or SS, an organ of the Nazi Party. The Waffen-SS saw action throughout World War II and grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions, and served alongside...

     officer. http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Waffen-SS/B/Bachmann-Erwin.htm
  • February 23 – Gerhardt Neef
    Gerhardt Neef
    Gerhard "Gerry" Neef, often known as Gerhardt Neef was a German professional football player. -Club career:...

    , 63, German footballer (Rangers
    Rangers F.C.
    Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

    ), throat cancer. http://www.thebluenose.co.uk/news/assembly-news/gerry-dies-after-brave-fight-20100224361/
  • February 23 – Henri Salmide
    Henri Salmide
    Henri Salmide , named Heinz Stahlschmidt at birth, was a German naval officer who, in August 1944, refused to blow up the port of Bordeaux, France when so ordered by his superiors during World War II...

    , 90, German World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

     naval officer, saved Bordeaux
    Bordeaux
    Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

     port
    Port
    A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....

     from destruction. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/02/27/henri_salmide_his_defiance_saved_port_of_bordeaux_from_nazis/
  • February 27 – David Bankier
    David Bankier
    David Bankier was a holocaust historian and head of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem.-References:...

    , 63, German-born Israel
    Israel
    The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

    i Holocaust scholar. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/world/middleeast/01bankier.html
  • March 5 – Wolfgang Schenck
    Wolfgang Schenck
    Wolfgang Schenck was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. He was born in Windhoek in German West Africa...

    , 97, German airman, Luftwaffe
    Luftwaffe
    Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

     flying ace
    Flying ace
    A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...

    . http://saladeguerra.blogspot.com/2010/03/nota-de-falecimento-wolfgang-schenck.html
  • March 12 – Hanna-Renate Laurien
    Hanna-Renate Laurien
    Hanna-Renate Laurien was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union.- Biography :Laurien was born in Danzig...

    , 81, German politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    . http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,683346,00.html
  • March 14 – Konrad Ruhland
    Konrad Ruhland
    Dr. Konrad Ruhland was a German musicologist. He was born in Landau am Inn He studied history, medieval Latin, theology, and liturgical history which helped him to gain extensive background knowledge for his musicological research...

    , 78, German musicologist
    Musicology
    Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...

    . http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=2.1/LNG=DU/LRSET=1/SET=1/SID=12bc83c0-2/TTL=1/PPN?PPN=124848923
  • March 20 – Erwin Lehn
    Erwin Lehn
    Erwin Lehn was a German jazz composer, bandleader and musician. He led the "SWR Big Band", originally the "Southern Radio Dance Orchestra", organized in 1951, for the Südwestrundfunk public broadcasting company....

    , 90, German musician
    Musician
    A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

     and conductor
    Conducting
    Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

    . http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0499783/
  • March 21 – Wolfgang Wagner
    Wolfgang Wagner
    Wolfgang Wagner was a German opera director. He is best known as the director of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966...

    , 90, German director (Bayreuth Festival
    Bayreuth Festival
    The Bayreuth Festival is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th century German composer Richard Wagner are presented...

    ), natural causes
    Death by natural causes
    A death by natural causes, as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents, is one that is primarily attributed to natural agents: usually an illness or an internal malfunction of the body. For example, a person dying from complications from influenza or a heart attack ...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/arts/music/23wagner.html
  • March 22 – Emil Schulz
    Emil Schulz
    Emil Schulz was a German boxer and five-time amateur champion, who lost only 21 of his 223 fights....

    , 71, German boxer
    Boxing
    Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

    . http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/on/10/03/23/rlp/t/rzo689135.html
  • March 25 – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
    Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
    Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann 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...

    , 93, German political scientist
    Political science
    Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...

    . http://nachrichten.t-online.de/allensbach-gruenderin-noelle-neumann-tot/id_41145952/index
  • March 27 – Peter Herbolzheimer
    Peter Herbolzheimer
    Peter Herbolzheimer was a German jazz trombonist and bandleader.- Biography :Herbolzheimer was born in Bucharest and migrated from communist Romania to West Germany in 1951. In 1953 he moved to the United States of America, where he worked as a guitarist...

    , 74, German jazz musician. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100329/ap_en_mu/eu_obit_peter_herbolzheimer
  • March 30 – Alfred Ambs
    Alfred Ambs
    Alfred Ambs was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. He was born in Gladbeck. Ambs is credited with seven aerial victories achieved in about 75 combat missions on the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.For a list of Luftwaffe Jet aces see List of German World War II jet acesAmbs...

    , 87, German World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

     flying ace
    Flying ace
    A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...

    . http://www.military-art.com/mall/profiles.php?SigID=1554
  • March 30 – Josef Homeyer
    Josef Homeyer
    Josef Homeyer was a German Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim, located in Hildesheim, from his appointment by Pope John Paul II on August 25, 1983, until his retirement on August 20, 2004....

    , 80, German Roman Catholic prelate
    Prelate
    A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...

    , Bishop
    Bishop
    A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

     of Hildesheim (1983–2004). http://www.bistum-hildesheim.de/bho/dcms/sites/bistum//nachrichten.html?f_action=show&f_newsitem_id=11071
  • March 30 – Martin Sandberger
    Martin Sandberger
    Martin Sandberger was an SS Standartenführer and commander of Sonderkommando 1a of the Einsatzgruppe, as well as commander of the Sicherheitspolizei and SD in Estonia. He played an important role in the mass murder of the Jews in the Baltic states...

    , 98, German Nazi leader
    Leader
    A leader is one who influences or leads others.Leader may also refer to:- Newspapers :* Leading article, a piece of writing intended to promote an opinion, also called an editorial* The Leader , published 1909–1967...

     and Holocaust perpetrator. http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/mort-d-un-nazi_882739.html
  • April 3 – Ferdinand Simoneit
    Ferdinand Simoneit
    Ferdinand Simoneit was a German journalist, author, professor and World War II veteran.-Life:...

    , 84, German journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

    , author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

     and World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

     veteran
    Veteran
    A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...

    . http://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/93/508241/text/
  • April 4 – Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfke
    Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfke
    Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Schäfke was a German mathematician and professor of geometry.-Writings:...

    , 87, German mathematician
    Mathematician
    A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....

     and academic. http://www.suedkurier.de/anzeigen/traueranzeigen/detail.html?&aid=3114608
  • April 4 – Erich Zenger
    Erich Zenger
    Erich Zenger was a German Roman Catholic priest and theologian. Ordained in 1964, Zenger studied in Rome. He was a scholar in studying the Old Testament and wrote books and papers.- Notes :...

    , 70, German Roman Catholic theologian and bible scholar
    Biblical criticism
    Biblical criticism is the scholarly "study and investigation of Biblical writings that seeks to make discerning judgments about these writings." It asks when and where a particular text originated; how, why, by whom, for whom, and in what circumstances it was produced; what influences were at work...

    . http://www.domradio.de/news/artikel_62930.html
  • April 5 – Günther C. Kirchberger
    Günther C. Kirchberger
    thumb|Günther C. Kirchberger 2008Günther C. Kirchberger was a German painter and professor. He was a German Hard Edge painter.-Literature:...

    , 81, German academic and painter
    Painting
    Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

    . http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/stz/page/2444762_0_9223_-in-der-kunst-stets-mutig-neugierig-und-radikal.html
  • April 5 – Gisela Trowe
    Gisela Trowe
    Gisela Trowe was a German actress.-Filmography:* 1948: Straßenbekanntschaft* 1948: Grube Morgenrot* 1948: Affaire Blum* 1951: Der Verlorene* 1952: Unter den Tausend Laternen...

    , 86, German actress. http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article1452669/Hamburger-Schauspielerin-Gisela-Trowe-gestorben.html
  • April 6 – Hans Schröder
    Hans Schröder
    Hans Schröder was a German sculptor and painter.-Awards:*1953 Auszeichnung des Hanauer Goldschmiedehauses*1958 Ehrenpreis der École Française...

    , 79, German sculptor and painter
    Painting
    Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

    . http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aufmacher/lokalnews/ticker-Hans-Schroeder-tot-gestorben-Bildhauer-Nachruf;art27857,3255892
  • April 8 – Andreas Kunze
    Andreas Kunze
    Andreas Kunze was a German actor and photographer.-References:*...

    , 57, German actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    , heart failure. http://www.jutta-schafmeister.de/andreas-kunze/
  • April 9 – Gisela Karau
    Gisela Karau
    Gisela Karau was an East German journalist and author of children's literature. Born in Berlin, she was married and had two children.- Life :...

    , 78, German author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

    , editor
    Editor
    The term editor may refer to:As a person who does editing:* Editor in chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies* Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text...

     and columnist
    Columnist
    A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....

    , after long illness. http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/168831.talent-zur-ermutigung.html
  • April 10 – Martin Ostwald
    Martin Ostwald
    Martin Ostwald was a German-American classical scholar, who taught until 1992 at Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania...

    , 88, German-born American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     classics
    Classics
    Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...

     scholar. http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/04/martin-ostwald-19222010.html
  • April 10 – Manfred Reichert
    Manfred Reichert
    Manfred „Manni“ Reichert was a German football defender. He played for Wuppertaler SV.-Literature:...

    , 69, German footballer, after long illness. http://www.wz-wuppertal.de/?redid=804048
  • April 11 – Gerhard Geise
    Gerhard Geise
    Gerhard Paul Geise was a German mathematician and professor of pure mathematics.He died after a long serious illness in Dresden.-Works :* 1961: Über ähnlich-veränderliche ebene Systeme...

    , 80, German mathematician
    Mathematician
    A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....

    , after long illness. http://tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/fakultaeten/fakultaet_mathematik_und_naturwissenschaften/fachrichtung_mathematik
  • April 11 – Hans-Joachim Göring
    Hans-Joachim Göring
    Hans-Joachim "Hansi" Göring was an East German footballer, coach and teacher. He played for BSG Turbine Weimar in the DDR-Liga. After his career, he studied sports and taught for 26 years in Erfurt. He also was a skilled decorator. He was married and had three children.- Reference :*...

    , 86, German footballer and coach. http://www.zcontent.de/eznews.php?news=1120045709&nummer=1271906405
  • April 11 – Gert Haller
    Gert Haller
    Gert Haller was a German manager, politician and controversial lobbyist of the Austrian financial group Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG. He died after a long serious illness aged 65.-References:...

    , 65, German business manager
    Management
    Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

    , lobbyist and politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , after long illness. http://www.welt.de/die-welt/wirtschaft/article7159031/Staatssekretaer-Gert-Haller-gestorben.html
  • April 11 – Theodor Homann
    Theodor Homann
    Theodor Homann was a German footballer, coach and businessman. He played for 1. FC Nuremberg, VfR Mannheim, Westfalia Herne and Wuppertaler SV. He died unexpectedly of heart failure. He was married and had a daughter. He was born and died in Werne.- References :* * *...

    , 61, German footballer, heart failure. http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/lokales/werne/sport/Sport-in-Werne-Sportszene-geschockt-Theo-Homann-ist-tot;art945,875111
  • April 11 – Egon Hugenschmidt
    Egon Hugenschmidt
    Egon Hugenschmidt was a German jurist and mayor of Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg . He was a prisoner of war, created the twintown relation of Lörrach with Sens and was awarded with the Federal Cross of Merit.-Literature:* Gerhard Moehring: Vögte und Bürgermeister von Lörrach. in: Walter Jung, Gerhard...

    , 84, German jurist
    Jurist
    A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...

     and politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    . http://www.suedkurier.de/region/hochrhein/loerrach/Trauer-um-Egon-Hugenschmidt;art372612,4246328
  • April 12 – Ambrosius Eßer
    Ambrosius Eßer
    Ambrosius Eßer OP was a German church historian and member of the Dominican Order. He was a recipient of both the Federal Cross of Merit and the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria. He died of a pulmonary embolism.-Reference:*...

    , 76, German Dominican
    Dominican Order
    The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...

     clergy
    Clergy
    Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. A clergyman, churchman or cleric is a member of the clergy, especially one who is a priest, preacher, pastor, or other religious professional....

     and church historian
    Historian
    A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

    , pulmonary disease. http://www.liborius.de/nachrichten/ansicht/artikel/dominikanerp.html
  • April 12 – Wolfgang Graßl
    Wolfgang Graßl
    Wolfgang Graßl was a German skier, coach and businessman, who represented Germany on the junior level in the 1980s. He died of heart failure.-Reference:*...

    , 40, German skier
    Skiing
    Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....

     and coach, heart failure. http://www.merkur-online.de/sport/ski-star-hilde-gerg-trauert-ihren-mann-mm-712729.html
  • April 12 – Werner Schroeter
    Werner Schroeter
    Werner Schroeter was a German film director and screenwriter, who some consider among the most important German writer-directors of the post-war period.-Biography:...

    , 65, German film director
    Film director
    A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

    , after long illness. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/arts/artsspecial/21schroeter.html
  • April 14 – Stefan Schmitt
    Stefan Schmitt (politician)
    Stefan Schmitt was a German jurist and politician. He was a member of the SDP. Schmitt died of leukemia.-Reference:*...

    , 46, German jurist
    Jurist
    A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...

     and politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , leukemia
    Leukemia
    Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...

    . http://www.spd-fraktion-hamburg.de/no_cache/wir-ueber-uns/abgeordnete/hamburg/g/123.html
  • April 15 – Wilhelm Huxhorn
    Wilhelm Huxhorn
    Wilhelm Huxhorn was a German goalkeeper and record holder. He played 221 matches for SV Darmstadt 98. In 1985 he scored a goal from 102 meters away which earned him an entry in the Book of Records.He died after years of struggle of leukemia....

    , 54, German footballer, leukemia
    Leukemia
    Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...

    . http://www.echo-online.de/sport/svdarmstadt98/Unvergessen-Ziiieh-Willem-ziiiiiieh;art1168,813508
  • April 17 – Josef W. Janker
    Josef W. Janker
    Josef Wilhelm Janker 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 military service in World War II. During the German invasion of the Soviet Union he was seriously wounded...

    , 87, German author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

    , journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

     and World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

     veteran
    Veteran
    A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...

    . http://www.stimberg-zeitung.de/freizeit/buecher/Schriftsteller-Josef-Janker-gestorben;art251,187468
  • April 17 – Axel Weishaupt
    Axel Weishaupt
    Dr. jur. Axel Weishaupt was a German diplomat and ambassador to Chad , chargé d'affaires at the embassy in Sudan , chargé d'affaires at the embassy of Kazakhstan , consul general in Karachi, Pakistan , consul general in Saratov, Russia , head of branch in Herat, Afghanistan...

    , 64, German diplomat, ambassador
    Ambassador
    An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....

     to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

     (2007–2010), heart failure. http://www.kinshasa.diplo.de/Vertretung/kinshasa/de/Startseite.html
  • April 21 – Manfred Kallenbach
    Manfred Kallenbach
    Manfred Kallenbach was a German goalkeeper and East German Champion. He played for SG Dynamo Dresden and BSG Stahl Riesa.- Literature :...

    , 68, German footballer, heart failure. http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/aktuell/news-ansicht/archiv/2010/april/artikel/sg-dynamo-dresden-trauert-um-manfred-kallenbach/
  • April 24 – Leo Löwenstein
    Leo Löwenstein
    Carl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, better known by his racing alias Leonhard "Leo" Löwenstein was a German prince and endurance race driver participating in the VLN.-Career:...

    , 43, German racing driver
    VLN
    The VLN, properly the Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring is an organisation of motorsport clubs of which each hosts one event of a ten-race series held on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, the "VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring"...

    , race accident
    Car accident
    A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,...

    . http://www.motorsport-total.com/mehr/news/2010/04/Toedlicher_Unfall_auf_der_Nordschleife_10042409.html
  • April 24 – Paul Schäfer
    Paul Schäfer
    Paul Schäfer Schneider was the founder and former leader of a sect and agricultural commune of German immigrants called Colonia Dignidad —later renamed Villa Baviera—located in the south of Chile, about 340 km south of Santiago...

    , 88, German religious sect
    Sect
    A sect is a group with distinctive religious, political or philosophical beliefs. Although in past it was mostly used to refer to religious groups, it has since expanded and in modern culture can refer to any organization that breaks away from a larger one to follow a different set of rules and...

     founder and former Nazi, heart failure. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8641882.stm
  • April 30 – Paul Mayer, 98, German Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal
    Cardinal (Catholicism)
    A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

    . http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Oldest+Catholic+cardinal+dies/2974277/story.html
  • May 3 – Stefan Doernberg, 85, German writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

     and teacher
    Teacher
    A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...

    . http://www.jungewelt.de/2010/05-04/013.php
  • May 3 – Guenter Wendt
    Guenter Wendt
    Günter F. Wendt was a German-American engineer noted for his work in the U.S. manned spaceflight program. An employee of McDonnell Aircraft and later North American Aviation, he was in charge of the spacecraft close-out crews at the launch pads for the entire Mercury and Gemini programs , and the...

    , 85, German-born American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     spacecraft
    Spacecraft
    A spacecraft or spaceship is a craft or machine designed for spaceflight. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, planetary exploration and transportation of humans and cargo....

     engineer
    Engineer
    An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

     (NASA
    NASA
    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

     ), heart failure and stroke
    Stroke
    A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

    . http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-050310a.html
  • May 4 – Freddy Kottulinsky
    Freddy Kottulinsky
    Winfried Philippe Adalbert Karl Graf Kottulinsky Freiherr von Kottulin, better known as Freddy Kottulinsky , was a German-Swedish racing and rallying driver who won the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1980. He was born in München....

    , 77, German-born Swedish
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

     racing driver. http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Motorsport_News/article_5924.shtml
  • May 5 – Alfons Kontarsky
    Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky
    Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky were German duo-pianist brothers who were associated with a number of important world premieres of contemporary works. They had an international reputation for performing modern music for two pianists, although they also performed the standard repertoire and they...

    , 77, German pianist
    Pianist
    A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

    . http://www.drehpunktkultur.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1071:alfons-kontarsky-ist-gestorben&catid=115:meldungen-kritiken-2&Itemid=121
  • May 8 – Peer Schmidt
    Peer Schmidt
    Peer Eugen Georg Schmidt was a German actor and voice actor. He is best known as the German voice of Gérard Philipe, Marlon Brando and Jean-Paul Belmondo.-Filmography:-References:...

    , 84, German actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    , after long illness. http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/telegramm/news-ticker,rendertext=12477292.html
  • May 9 – Karl-Heinz Schnibbe
    Karl-Heinz Schnibbe
    Karl-Heinz Schnibbe was a former World War II resistance group member 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 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , to distribute information to the citizens of Germany...

    , 86, German partisian, World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

     resistance fighter
    German Resistance
    The German resistance was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his regime...

    . http://ostholstein.mediaquell.com/2010/05/11/hamburger-widerstandskaempfer-karl-heinz-schnibbe-gestorben-3243/
  • May 12 – Dieter Bock
    Dieter Bock
    Dieter Bock was a German lawyer and tax consultant turned businessman. He was one of the wealthiest Germans before he choked to death in the Atlantic Kempinski luxury hotel in Hamburg. He was 71.-References:...

    , 71, German businessman and multimillionaire, choking
    Choking
    Choking is the mechanical obstruction of the flow of air from the environment into the lungs. Choking prevents breathing, and can be partial or complete, with partial choking allowing some, although inadequate, flow of air into the lungs. Prolonged or complete choking results in asphyxia which...

    . http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64Q3RZ20100527
  • May 12 – Edith Keller-Herrmann
    Edith Keller-Herrmann
    Edith Keller-Herrmann was a German woman chess master. She was born in Dresden.In August 1939, Keller , along with Klaus Junge , Wolfgang Unzicker , Rudolf Kunath and Karl Krbavac , played in Jugendschachwoche Fürstenwalde near Berlin...

    , 88, German chess Grandmaster. http://www.zeitschriftschach.de/aktuell/aktuell.htm
  • May 13 – Walter Klimmek
    Walter Klimmek
    Walter Klimmek was a German football defender, coal miner and firefighter. He played for Schalke 04 and was West German champion and German cup winner. He was 91 and is buried in Aschheim.-References:**...

    , 91, German footballer. http://www.schalke04.de/aktuell/news/einzelansicht/artikel/knappen-trauern-um-walter-klimmek.html
  • May 13 – Klaus Kotter
    Klaus Kotter
    Klaus Kotter was a West German-German tax consultant who served as the third president of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing , serving as interim from 1978 to 1980, then as president from 1980 to 1994.Born in Prien am Chiemsee, Kotter became treasurer of the West German...

    , 75, German bobsleigh
    Bobsleigh
    Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled that are combined to calculate the final score....

     official. http://www.focus.de/sport/wintersport/bob-langjaehriger-bob-praesident-kotter-gestorben_aid_508047.html
  • May 15 – Christian Habicht
    Christian Habicht
    Christian Habicht was a German actor.-Plays:* Hundert Jahre Einsamkeit* Die Sanfte* Popcorn* An der Arche um acht, Stück: Ulrich Hub* Das Katzenhaus...

    , 57, German actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    , heart attack. http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/dresdner-theater-trauert-um-christian-habicht--/de/News/21306398
  • May 17 – Ludwig von Friedeburg
    Ludwig von Friedeburg
    Ludwig von Friedeburg was a German politician and sociologist. He served as Minister for Education for the state of Hesse from 1969 until 1974. During that period he forced the installation of Comprehensive Schools in the state of Hesse, heavily opposed by the Christian Democratic Union...

    , 85, German politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

     and sociologist, Hesse
    Hesse
    Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

     Minister for Education (1969–1974). http://www.bild.de/BILD/regional/frankfurt/dpa/2010/05/20/exkultusminister-von-friedeburg-tot.html
  • May 17 – Fritz Sennheiser
    Fritz Sennheiser
    Fritz Sennheiser was a German inventor and entrepreneur who founded and served as chairman of Sennheiser Electronic, a manufacturer of audio equipment.-Early life and education:...

    , 98, German electrical engineer
    Electrical engineering
    Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

     and entrepreneur, founder of Sennheiser
    Sennheiser
    Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG is a private German audio company specializing in the design and production of a wide range of both consumer and high fidelity products, including microphones, headphones, telephony accessories, and avionics headsets for consumer, professional, and business...

    . http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/fritz_sennheiser/
  • May 23 – Eva Ostwalt
    Eva Ostwalt
    Eva D. Ostwalt was a survivor of the Holocaust.Ostwalt was born into a Jewish mercantile family in Cologne, the eldest of three daughters. During the Second World War, she was forced to work for Siemens in a camp next to the Ravensbrück concentration camp...

    , 108, German-born American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     Holocaust
    The Holocaust
    The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...

     survivor. http://www.tributes.com/show/Eva-Ostwalt-88656239
  • May 24 – Anneliese Rothenberger
    Anneliese Rothenberger
    Anneliese Rothenberger was a German operatic soprano who had an active international performance career which spanned from 1943 to 1983...

    , 83, German opera
    Opera
    Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

     singer. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10161907.stm
  • May 29 – Paul Müller
    Paul Müller (biologist)
    Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Paul Müller was a German professor of biology in Trier .. He died in Saarland on 29 May 2010....

    , 69, German biologist
    Biologist
    A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...

    . http://www.saarjaeger.de/news.php?id=83
  • May 30 – Klaus Kandaouroff
    Klaus Kandaouroff
    Klaus Kandaouroff better known by his nickname "Hühner-Klaus" , was a German businessman, self-made millionaire and philanthropist. He was owner of several egg, venison and poultry wholesalers. He also operated a luxury hotel and several restaurants...

    , 80, German businessman and philanthropist
    Philanthropy
    Philanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...

    , shot
    Ballistic trauma
    The term ballistic trauma refers to a form of physical trauma sustained from the discharge of arms or munitions. The most common forms of ballistic trauma stem from firearms used in armed conflicts, civilian sporting and recreational pursuits, and criminal activity.-Destructive effects:The degree...

    . http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/lokales/haltern/lokalnachrichten/art900,923346
  • June 10 – Sigmar Polke
    Sigmar Polke
    Sigmar Polke was a German painter and photographer.Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matter and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s, when he produced abstract works created by chance through chemical reactions between paint...

    , 69, German painter
    Painting
    Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

     and photographer, cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/arts/design/12polke.html?pagewanted=2
  • June 12 – Daisy D'ora
    Daisy D'ora
    Daisy D'ora was a German beauty queen, socialite and actress.D'ora began her career in silent films, performing in the 1929 film Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, which became a worldwide success...

    , 97, German actress and socialite
    Socialite
    A socialite is a person who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable upper-class events....

    . http://www.mittelbayerische.de/region/kelheim/artikel/die_miss_germany_von_1931_ist_/560183/die_miss_germany_von_1931_ist_.html
  • June 13 – Ernest Fleischmann
    Ernest Fleischmann
    Ernest Martin Fleischmann 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...

    , 85, German-born American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     impresario
    Impresario
    An impresario is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays or operas; analogous to a film producer in filmmaking, television production and an angel investor in business...

    , executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
    Los Angeles Philharmonic
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/arts/music/16fleischmann.html
  • June 15 – Heidi Kabel
    Heidi Kabel
    Heidi Bertha Auguste Kabel was a German musician and actress. Most of her stage roles were performed at the Ohnsorg-Theater in Hamburg, many of them in Low German....

    , 95, German stage actress. http://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/ohnsorg-star-heidi-kabel-ist-tot-1574188.html
  • June 18 – Hans Joachim Sewering
    Hans Joachim Sewering
    Hans Joachim Sewering was a German doctor. In World War II, he is alleged to have participated in transferring 900 handicapped Catholic children into a camp where they were killed.- Biography :...

    , 94, German physician
    Physician
    A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

    , member of the Waffen SS (1933–1945). http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/330726,doctor-dies-aged-94.html
  • June 19 – Ursula Thiess
    Ursula Thiess
    Ursula Thiess was a German film actress who had a brief Hollywood career in the 1950sThiess began her career on the stage in her native Germany and by dubbing female voices in American films as Ursula Schmidt...

    , 86, German artist
    Artist
    An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

     and actress (Bengal Brigade
    Bengal Brigade
    Bengal Brigade is a 1954 American action film directed by Laslo Benedek and starring Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl and Ursula Thiess.Set in British India in 1857, at the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny...

    ). http://www.beatricedailysun.com/news/local/article_077080d4-7f37-11df-a9fa-001cc4c03286.html
  • June 21 – Wilfried Feldenkirchen
    Wilfried Feldenkirchen
    Wilfried Feldenkirchen was a German professor and economic historian, who served as a project manager for Siemens. He was a graduate of the University of Bonn...

    , 62, German economic
    Economy of Germany
    Germany is the largest national economy in Europe, the fourth-largest by nominal GDP in the world, and fifth by GDP in 2008. Since the age of industrialisation, the country has been a driver, innovator, and beneficiary of an ever more globalised economy...

     historian
    Historian
    A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

     and project manager
    Project manager
    A project manager is a professional in the field of project management. Project managers can have the responsibility of the planning, execution, and closing of any project, typically relating to construction industry, architecture, computer networking, telecommunications or software...

     (Siemens
    Elektrische Viktoria
    The Elektrische Viktoria was an electric car built in several versions by Siemens between 1905 and 1909 in Berlin. The versions comprised a four-seat convertible , a minibus with a box-like structure , and a van.Top speed was 30 km/h...

    ), car crash. http://www.badische-zeitung.de/titisee-neustadt/feldkirchen-stirbt-bei-fahrt-mit-elektro-oldtimer--32483811.html
  • June 22 – Marie-Luise Jahn
    Marie-Luise Jahn
    Marie-Luise Jahn was a German physician and a member of the anti-Nazi resistance movement White Rose.Jahn was born in Sandlack, East Prussia , where she grew up. From 1934 to 1937 she attended school in Berlin and began her studies in chemistry at the University of Munich in 1940...

    , 92, German activist, member of the anti-Nazi resistance movement White Rose
    White Rose
    The White Rose was a non-violent/intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of students from the University of Munich and their philosophy professor...

    . http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/dachau/vermischtes/zeitzeugin-der-weissen-rose-marie-luise-schultze-jahn-ist-tot-1.964482
  • June 22 – Manfred Römbell
    Manfred Römbell
    Manfred Römbell was a German author.- Awards :* 1969 Kurt-Magnus-Preis der ARD* 1975 Reisestipendium des Auswärtigen Amtes* 1986 Kunstpreis der Stadt Saarbrücken...

    , 68, German writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

    , after long illness. http://www.volksfreund.de/nachrichten/kultur/regionalkultur/Kultur-in-der-Region-Saarbr-252-cken;art764,2476351
  • June 23 – Jörg Berger
    Jörg Berger
    Jörg Berger was a German football manager and player, who last managed Arminia Bielefeld.- Coaching career :...

    , 65, German football manager
    Manager (association football)
    In association football, a manager is responsible for running a football club or a national team. The manager of a professional club is responsible directly to the club president. The position of manager is almost exclusively used in British football...

    , bowel cancer
    Colorectal cancer
    Colorectal cancer, commonly known as bowel cancer, is a cancer caused by uncontrolled cell growth , in the colon, rectum, or vermiform appendix. Colorectal cancer is clinically distinct from anal cancer, which affects the anus....

    . http://www.supersport.com/football/germany/news/100624/Former_Bundesliga_coach_Berger_dies
  • June 23 – Frank Giering
    Frank Giering
    -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 TV movie, The Traitor and the 1997 filmsThe Castle and Funny Games....

    , 38, German actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

     (Funny Games). http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65O06R20100625
  • June 28 – Willie Huber
    Willie Huber
    Wilhelm Heinrich Huber , was a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who spent ten years in the National Hockey League , primarily with the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers. Born in West Germany, Huber's family moved to Canada when he was an infant. He represented Canada in...

    , 52, German-born Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     player (Detroit Red Wings
    Detroit Red Wings
    The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...

    ), heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/06/29/sp-huber-obit.html
  • July 2 – Carl Adam Petri
    Carl Adam Petri
    Carl Adam Petri was a German mathematician and computer scientist. He was born in Leipzig.Petri nets were invented in August 1939 by Carl Adam Petri – at the age of 13 – for the purpose of describing chemicalprocesses...

    , 83, German computer scientist
    Computer science
    Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

    . http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Pionier-der-Netzwerk-Theorie-gestorben-1033846.html
  • July 3 – Kirsten Heisig
    Kirsten Heisig
    Kirsten Heisig was a German juvenile magistrate. Heisig was criticized by some ethnic minorities for her tactics and for her view that some foreign cultures neglect education and encourage juvenile delinquency...

    , 48, German politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

     and juvenile magistrate
    Judge
    A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...

    , suicide
    Suicide
    Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...

    . http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1568315.php/Missing-German-judge-committed-suicide-official-says-Roundup (body discovered on this date)
  • July 3 – Herbert Erhardt
    Herbert Erhardt
    Herbert 'Ertl' Erhard , also known as Herbert Erhardt, was a German footballer. As a central defender, he played for SpVgg Fürth and Bayern Munich. He was known for his hard tackling, doggedness and captain like performances...

    , 79, German footballer
    Football (soccer)
    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

    , FIFA World Cup winner 1954
    1954 FIFA World Cup
    The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average goals scored per game...

     http://www.nn-online.de/artikel.asp?art=1255166&kat=31
  • July 12 – Günter Behnisch
    Günter Behnisch
    Günter Behnisch was a German architect, born in Lockwitz, near Dresden. He was one of the most prominent architects representing deconstructivism....

    , 88, German architect
    Architect
    An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

    . http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,706359,00.html
  • July 22 – Herbert Giersch
    Herbert Giersch
    Herbert Giersch 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 World Economy 1969–1989...

    , 89, German economist
    Economist
    An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...

    . http://www.faz.net/s/RubB8DFB31915A443D98590B0D538FC0BEC/Doc~E46257ABE15FB4F71AF6D6F8D24ED4D85~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html
  • July 24 – Theo Albrecht
    Theo Albrecht
    Theodor Paul Albrecht , generally known as Theo Albrecht, was a German entrepreneur, who in 2010 was ranked by Forbes as the 31st richest person in the world, with a net worth of $16.7 billion. He owned and was the CEO of the Aldi Nord discount supermarket chain. In the US he owned the Trader Joe's...

    , 88, German entrepreneur
    Entrepreneur
    An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...

     and billionnaire (Aldi
    ALDI
    ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...

     Nord, Trader Joe's
    Trader Joe's
    Trader Joe's is a privately held chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. , Trader Joe's had a total of 365 stores. Approximately half of its stores are in California, with the heaviest concentration in Southern California, but the company also has locations in 30...

    ). http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38448116?gt1=43001
  • July 25 – Erich Steidtmann
    Erich Steidtmann
    Erich Steidtmann was a Nazi SS officer believed to have been involved in the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the largest single revolt by the Jews during the Holocaust, the bulk of which occurred from April 19 until May 16, 1943, ending when the resistance was crushed by German troops...

    , 95, German Nazi SS officer
    Officer (armed forces)
    An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...

    . http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Erich-Steidtmann-a-former.6451086.jp
  • July 30 – Otto Joachim, 99, German-born Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     violist
    Viola
    The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...

     and composer
    Composer
    A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

     of electronic music
    Electronic music
    Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

    . http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Composer+revitalized+music+Canada/3348239/story.html
  • August 5 – Jürgen Oesten
    Jürgen Oesten
    Jürgen Oesten 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...

    , 96, German seaman, U-boat commander during World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

    . http://www.uboat.net/men/oesten.htm
  • August 7 – Jürgen Thimme, 92, German archaeologist and U-boat
    U-boat
    U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...

     commander, after long illness. http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1269.html
  • August 8 – Bernhard Philberth
    Bernhard Philberth
    Bernhard Josef Philberth was an independent physicist, engineer, philosopher and theologian....

    , 83, German physicist
    Physicist
    A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

    , engineer
    Engineer
    An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

    , philosopher and theologian. http://tributes.heraldsun.com.au/obituaries/heraldsun-au/obituary.aspx?n=bernhard-josef-philberth&pid=144589026
  • August 11 – Bruno Schleinstein, 78, German actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/arts/music/15bruno.html
  • August 18 – Maria Wachter, 100, German communist
    Communism
    Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...

     and resistance fighter
    German Resistance
    The German resistance was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his regime...

    , member of VVN
    Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime
    The Society of People Persecuted by the Nazi Regime – Federation of Anti-Fascists is a political organization founded in 1947....

    . http://www.nrw.vvn-bda.de/texte/0672_maria.htm (German)
  • August 18 – Sepp Daxenberger
    Sepp Daxenberger
    Sepp Daxenberger was a German Green Party politician.-Biography:Sepp Daxenberger was born in Waging am See 1962. He became a blacksmith and later he owned and worked at a farm close to Waging...

    , 48, German politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , bone marrow cancer. http://www.br-online.de/aktuell/daxenberger-gruene-waging-ID1210938403238.xml (German)
  • August 19 – Gerhard Beil
    Gerhard Beil
    Gerhard Beil was a politician for the SED and the Minister for Foreign Trade of the GDR.-References:...

    , 84, East German
    German Democratic Republic
    The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    . http://www.edition-ost.de/aktuell-2/239-letzter-aussenhandelsminister-der-ddr-gerhard-beil-verstorben.html (German)
  • August 21 – Christoph Schlingensief
    Christoph Schlingensief
    Christoph Maria Schlingensief was a German film and theatre director, actor, artist, and author. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker, Schlingensief later began staging productions for theatres and festivals, which often were accompanied by public controversies...

    , 49, German film
    Film director
    A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

     and theatre director, lung cancer
    Lung cancer
    Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/arts/25schlingensief.html
  • August 26 – Walter Wolfrum
    Walter Wolfrum
    Walter Wolfrum was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from February 1943 until the end of the war...

    , 87, German World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

     Luftwaffe
    Luftwaffe
    Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

     fighter ace
    Fighter Ace
    Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots...

    . http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=112661
  • September 7 - Eberhard von Brauchitsch
    Eberhard von Brauchitsch
    Eberhard von Brauchitsch was a German industrial manager. In his work for Flick KG, he was responsible for the donation of about 26 million Deutsche Mark to all the major German political parties and their associated foundations between 1969 and 1981...

    , 83, German industrial
    Industry
    Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...

     manager.
  • September 11 - Baerbel Bohley, 65, East German opposition figure & artist
    Artist
    An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

    .
  • September 16 - Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, 86, German nobleman.
  • September 18 - Egon Klepsch
    Egon Klepsch
    Egon Alfred Klepsch was a German politician .In the years 1963–1969 Dr. Klepsch was Federal leader of the Junge Union. In 1965 he worked briefly as an election campaign manager for Ludwig Erhard. In the same year he was elected to the German Bundestag, to which he belonged until 1980.Since...

    , 80, German politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    .
  • October 14 - Hermann Scheer
    Hermann Scheer
    Hermann Scheer was a Social Democrat member of the German Bundestag , President of Eurosolar and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy...

    , 66, German politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    .
  • October 21 - Loki Schmidt
    Loki Schmidt
    Hannelore "Loki" Schmidt, née Glaser was a German environmentalist. She was the wife of Helmut Schmidt, who was the Chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1982.-Life and work:...

    , 91, German environmentalist
    Environmental movement
    The environmental movement, a term that includes the conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues....

     and wife of Helmut Schmidt
    Helmut Schmidt
    Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Prior to becoming chancellor, he had served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance. He had also served briefly as Minister of Economics and as acting...

    .
  • November 5 - Hajo Herrmann
    Hajo Herrmann
    Hans-Joachim 'Hajo' Herrmann was a Luftwaffe bomber pilot and later after the end of World War II, focusing his activities as a lawyer on civil and criminal law. In World War II, he was a high ranking and influential member of the Luftwaffe. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the...

    , 97, German Luftwaffe
    Luftwaffe
    Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

     pilot.
  • November 6 - Ezard Haußmann
    Ezard Haußmann
    Ezard Haußmann was a German stage, television and film actor. He and costume designer Doris Haußmann were the parents of film director Leander Haußmann...

    ,75, German actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    .
  • November 15 - Andreas Kirchner
    Andreas Kirchner
    Andreas Kirchner was an East German hammer thrower and bob pusher for record holder Wolfgang Hoppe who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s...

    , 57, German Winter
    Winter
    Winter is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates, between autumn and spring. At the winter solstice, the days are shortest and the nights are longest, with days lengthening as the season progresses after the solstice.-Meteorology:...

     sport
    Sport
    A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...

    sman.
  • November 20 - Heinz Weiss
    Heinz Weiss
    Heinz Weiss 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....

    , 89, German actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    .
  • November 20 - Walter Helmut Fritz, 81, German author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

    .
  • November 26 - Maria Hellwig
    Maria Hellwig
    Maria Hellwig was a German yodeler, popular performer of volkstümliche Musik and television presenter.-Life:...

    , 90, German singer.
  • November 30 - Peter Hofmann
    Peter Hofmann
    Peter Hofmann was a German tenor who had a successful performance career within the fields of opera, rock, pop, and musical theatre. He first rose to prominence in 1976 as a heldentenor at the Bayreuth festival where he drew critical acclaim for his performance of Siegmund in Richard Wagner's Die...

    , 76, German singer.
  • December 7 - Armin Weiss, 83, chemist and politician.
  • December 7 - Arnold Weiss
    Arnold Weiss
    Arnold Hans Weiss was a German-born refugee from Nazi Germany who emigrated to the United States where he became an intelligence officer working for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II and played a key role in the discovery of the last will and testament of Adolf Hitler, dictated...

    , 86, German-born American soldier.
  • December 15 - Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach, 87, German sport journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

    .
  • December 17 - Mikhail Umansky
    Mikhail Umansky
    Mikhail Markovich Umansky , born January 21, 1952 in Stavropol, then USSR, was a Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess, who was the 13th ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1989 and 1998...

    , 58, Russian-born German chess grandmaster.

See also

  • Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics
    Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics
    Germany participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 153 athletes represented Germany, entering all 15 sports. Figure skater Sarah Hecken was the youngest team member, while Curling European Champion Andrea Schöpp was the oldest at 44...

  • 2010
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