1950 in Germany

West Germany • President – Theodor Heuss • Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer East Germany • First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party – Walter Ulbricht • President – Wilhelm Pieck • Minister-President – Otto Grotewohl == Events ==

• April 30 - The last Ration stamps (for sugar) expire in West Germany; In the GDR, food stamps were still in use until 1958. • June 5 - German broadcaster ARD started. • July 6 - Treaty of Zgorzelec was signed between the Republic of Poland and East Germany (GDR). • July 19 - The Central Council of Jews in Germany is founded. • August 5 - Publication of the Charter of German Expellees. • September 7 - Schwarzwaldmädel, the first German color film after the end of the war, premieres in Stuttgart. It ushers in an era of local film in West Germany. • September 19 - At the conference of foreign ministers of the three Western powers in New York, the federal government in Bonn was recognized as the only “free and legally constituted” government in Germany. • October 5–9 - Himmerod memorandum • October 19 - East German general election, 1950 == Births ==

• January 9 - Rio Reiser, singer (died 1996) • January 21 - Marion Becker, athlete • January 22 - Werner Schulz, politician (died 2022) • January 27 - Ulrich Deppendorf, journalist • January 30 - Reinhold Kauder, canoeist • February 2 - Barbara Sukowa, actress • February 8 - Manfred Milinski, biologist • March 6 - Felix Genn, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church • March 12 – Traudl Treichl, German alpine skier • March 22 - Hugo Egon Balder, actor and comedian • March 22 - Herman Weigel, German film producer • April 25 - Peter Hintze, German politician (died 2016) • April 30 - Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, German judge • May 12 - Renate Stecher, athlete • May 16 - Georg Bednorz, physicist • May 18 - Thomas Gottschalk, actor and television presenter • May 26 - Werner Bergmann, sociologist • May 31 - Christine Kurzhals, politician (died 1998) • June 15 - Heidi Schüller, long jumper • June 16 - Klaus Lage, singer • June 21 - Ferdinand Kirchhof, judge • June 20 - Gudrun Landgrebe, actress • July 7 - Gerda Hasselfeldt, politician • July 27- David Storl, track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put • August 5 - Rosi Mittermaier, alpine ski racer (died 2023) • August 12 – Iris Berben, actress • September 2 - Michael Rother, musician • September 23 - Dietmar Lorenz, judoka (died 2021) • October 13 - Annegret Richter, athlete • October 28 - Annette Humpe, singer • November 10 - Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller, historian (died 2023) • November 17 - Roland Matthes, swimmer (died 2019) • November 28 - Hans Fassnacht, swimmer ==Deaths==