1972 in Germany

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Events in the year 1972 in Germany.

Incumbents

19 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972
1 April - German company SAP SE was founded.
23 June - 4 July - 22nd Berlin International Film Festival
30 June - 8 October: documenta 5
14 August: 1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster
26 August-10 September - 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
5 September - Munich massacre
19 November - West German federal election, 1972
15 December - The Second Brandt cabinet led by Willy Brandt was sworn in.
21 December- The Basic Treaty is signed by Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic.
Transit Agreement
Date unknown: German company Fielmann was founded.

6 January - Walther von Axthelm, German general (born 1893)
25 January - Erhard Milch, German field marshal of Luftwaffe (born 1892)
20 February — Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Germann theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics (born 1906)
27 March - Raimund Schelcher, German actor (born 1910)
6 April — Heinrich Lübke, German politician, former President of Germany (born 1894)
26 April — Johann Reichhart, German executioner (born 1893)
14 May - Theodor Blank, German politician (born 1905)
23 June — Werner Klingler, German film director and actor (born 1903)
25 June - Günther Simon, German actor (born 1925)
2 July — Eduard Zuckmayer, German writer and playwright (born 1890)
20 July — Friedrich Flick, German entrepreneur and industrialist (born 1883)
1 August - Erwin Madelung, German physicist (born 1881)
29 August — Lale Andersen, German singer (born 1905)
29 September - Max Nosseck, German film director (born 1902)
4 October — Karl Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg, German politician (born 1921)
25 November - Hans Scharoun, German architect (born 1893)
9 December - William Dieterle, German actor and film director (born 1893)
20 December - Günter Eich, German author (born 1907)
24 December - Ernst Kreuder, German writer (born 1903)

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