Exile of Josef Mengele
Moves to Paraguay while evading capture for Nazi war crimes.
Permanent historical records · Updated 2026-11-03
1959 in Germany
Explore 13 historical events and records for Germany in 1959.
Historical records for Germany in 1959
Sorted by month and day. Records with no month are shown last. Showing 13 of 13 unique records.
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May
September
Roses for the Prosecutor
Directs Rosen fur den Staatsanwalt.
October
The Bridge
Directs Die Brucke, known in English as The Bridge.
Other events (month unknown)
Arrest of Hasso von Manteuffel
Found guilty of shooting a deserter in 1944
Billard um halb zehn
Publication of Billard um halb zehn
Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society
Publication of "Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society"
Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
Joins the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), the banned German Communist Party & begins work at the magazine konkret, serving as chief editor from 1962 until 1964
Election
Elected to the Landtag of the Rhineland Palatinate
Flucht und Verwundlung
Publication of "Flucht und Verwundlung"
Konkret
Joins the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), the banned German Communist Party & begins work at the magazine konkret, serving as chief editor from 1962 until 1964
President of Germany
Appointed President of Germany
Rule of Saarland
The Saar is reunified with Germany
Trial
Found guilty of shooting a deserter in 1944
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