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Germany in 1952

Historical records for Germany in 1952, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

18Records

7Events

18Named people

4Places

6Categories

Historical records

May

27 May 1952TrialHelmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling

Moscow · Warfare / World War, 2nd

A Soviet military tribunal sentences Weidling to 25 years of imprisonment for not surrendering Berlin sooner

31 May 1952Birth of Karl BartosKarl Bartos

Berchtesgaden · Arts / Popular Music

Birth of Karl Bartos, later Kraftwerk electronic percussionist, keyboard player and songwriter.

June

16 June 1952Clash by NightFritz Lang

Hollywood · Arts / Cinema

Directs Clash by Night.

July

24 July 1952Germany v Brazil Olympic Quarter-finalHans Eberle

Helsinki · Sport / Football

Plays for Germany in a 4-2 extra-time Olympic quarter-final victory over Brazil at Töölön Pallokenttä in Helsinki.

24 July 1952Germany v Brazil Olympic Quarter-finalLudwig Hinterstocker

Helsinki · Sport / Football

Plays for Germany in a 4-2 extra-time Olympic quarter-final victory over Brazil at Töölön Pallokenttä in Helsinki.

24 July 1952Germany v Brazil Olympic Quarter-finalHerbert Jäger

Helsinki · Sport / Football

Plays for Germany in a 4-2 extra-time Olympic quarter-final victory over Brazil at Töölön Pallokenttä in Helsinki.

24 July 1952Germany v Brazil Olympic Quarter-finalKarl Klug

Helsinki · Sport / Football

Plays for Germany in a 4-2 extra-time Olympic quarter-final victory over Brazil at Töölön Pallokenttä in Helsinki.

24 July 1952Germany v Brazil Olympic Quarter-finalAlfred Post

Helsinki · Sport / Football

Plays for Germany in a 4-2 extra-time Olympic quarter-final victory over Brazil at Töölön Pallokenttä in Helsinki.

24 July 1952Germany v Brazil Olympic Quarter-finalWilli Schröder

Helsinki · Sport / Football

Plays for Germany in a 4-2 extra-time Olympic quarter-final victory over Brazil at Töölön Pallokenttä in Helsinki.

24 July 1952Germany v Brazil Olympic Quarter-finalHerbert Schäfer

Helsinki · Sport / Football

Plays for Germany in a 4-2 extra-time Olympic quarter-final victory over Brazil at Töölön Pallokenttä in Helsinki.

24 July 1952Germany v Brazil Olympic Quarter-finalRudi Schönbeck

Helsinki · Sport / Football

Plays for Germany in a 4-2 extra-time Olympic quarter-final victory over Brazil at Töölön Pallokenttä in Helsinki.

24 July 1952Germany v Brazil Olympic Quarter-finalKurt Sommerlatt

Helsinki · Sport / Football

Plays for Germany in a 4-2 extra-time Olympic quarter-final victory over Brazil at Töölön Pallokenttä in Helsinki.

24 July 1952Germany v Brazil Olympic Quarter-finalGeorg Stollenwerk

Helsinki · Sport / Football

Plays for Germany in a 4-2 extra-time Olympic quarter-final victory over Brazil at Töölön Pallokenttä in Helsinki.

24 July 1952Germany v Brazil Olympic Quarter-finalHans Zeitler

Helsinki · Sport / Football

Plays for Germany in a 4-2 extra-time Olympic quarter-final victory over Brazil at Töölön Pallokenttä in Helsinki.

Other Events

1952Arrest of Albrecht KesselringAlbrecht Kesselring

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Pardoned & freed

1952Discovery of Cepheid StarsWilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade

Science / Astronomy

Recalculates the size of the known universe, doubling the previous calculation made by Hubble in 1929, announces this finding to considerable astonishment at the 1952 meeting of the International Astronomical Union in Rome

1952EducationRalf Gustav Dahrendorf

Arts / Economics

Becomes a doctor of philosophy and classics (PhD)

1952TrialPaul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Condemned in Russia to a 10-years sentence in 1952 for war crimes

Names involved

Albrecht KesselringAlfred PostFritz LangGeorg StollenwerkHans EberleHans ZeitlerHelmuth Otto Ludwig WeidlingHerbert JägerHerbert SchäferKarl BartosKarl KlugKurt SommerlattLudwig HinterstockerPaul Ludwig Ewald von KleistRalf Gustav DahrendorfRudi SchönbeckWilhelm Heinrich Walter BaadeWilli Schröder

Places involved

BerchtesgadenHelsinkiHollywoodMoscow

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.