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Germany in 1958

Historical records for Germany in 1958, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

9Records
9Events
9Named people
5Places
8Categories

Historical records

January

1 January 1958EEC Treaty Enters into ForceKonrad Adenauer

Bonn · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Heads the Federal German government when the Treaty of Rome enters into force and the EEC begins operating.

May

5 May 1958Death of Otto AbetzOtto Abetz

Warfare / Military

Death of Otto Abetz

October

28 October 1958Wir WunderkinderKurt Hoffmann

West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs Wir Wunderkinder, a satire of post-war West Germany.

Other Events

1958Doktor Murkes gesammeltes SchweigenHeinrich Theodor Boll

Arts / Literature

Publication of Doktor Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen

1958EducationHelmut Kohl

Heidelberg · Politics / Christian Democratic Party

Graduates with a doctorate

1958Electron-Beam WeldingKarl-Heinz Steigerwald

Munich · Science / Technology

Develops industrial electron-beam welding, using a focused high-energy electron beam to melt and join metals in vacuum.

1958First EEC CommissionWalter Hallstein

Brussels · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Becomes the first President of the Commission of the European Economic Community.

1958MarriageJosef Mengele

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Mengele marries his brothers widow in Argentina

1958Soviet MarxismHerbert Marcuse

Humanities / Social Science

Publication of "Soviet Marxism"

Names involved

Heinrich Theodor BollHelmut KohlHerbert MarcuseJosef MengeleKarl-Heinz SteigerwaldKonrad AdenauerKurt HoffmannOtto AbetzWalter Hallstein

Places involved

BonnBrusselsHeidelbergMunichWest Germany

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.