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| 0079 | Death
Sabinus, Julius |  |
| | Death of Julius Sabinus, executed |
| 0451 | Death
Theodoric I | |
| | Death of Theodoric I, killed in battle |
| 0840 | Death
Louis I the Pious | |
| June 20th | Dies at Ingelheim, succeeded by Lothar but civil war between his sons seems inevitable |
| 0855 | Death
Lothair I | |
| Sep 28th | Lothar I dies & his Kingdom is divided between his three sons |
| Sep 28th | The Kingdom is divided, Charles claims Burgundy & Provence |
| Sep 28th | The Kingdom is divided, Lothair II claims the North, Lotharingia |
| Sep 28th | The Kingdom is divided, Louis II receives Italy & becomes Emperor |
| 0911 | Death
Louis the Child | |
| | Death of the last Carolingian Holy Roman Emperor |
| 0918 | Death
Conrad I | |
| Sep 23rd | The question of Conrad's succession is left open until the follwing year |
| 0936 | Death
Henry I the Fowler | |
| | Death of Henry I the Fowler |
| | Death of Henry I the Fowler, fighting Polabian, Slav & Czech revolt |
| 0939 | Death
Eberhard | |
| | Dies while rebelling against Henry the Fowler's successor Otto I the Great |
| 0983 | Death
Otto II | |
| Dec 7th | Death of Otto II |
| 1002 | Death
Otto III | |
| Jan 23rd | Death of Otto III, of malaria while on a campaign against the Romans |
| Jan 23rd | Succeeded by his cousin Duke Henry of Bavaria |
| 1038 | Death
Gunhild | |
| | Death of Gunhild, Henry III the Black's 1st wife |
| 1038 | Death
Henry III the Black | |
| | Death of Gunhild, Henry III the Black's 1st wife |
| 1039 | Death
Conrad II | |
| June 4th | Dies at Utrecht aged 49, he is succeeded as German King by his son Henry |
| 1056 | Death
Henry III the Black | |
| Oct 5th | Death of Henry III the Black |
| 1077 | Death
Agnes of Poitou | |
| | Death of Agnes of Poitou |
| 1106 | Death
Henry IV | |
| | Death of Henry IV |
| 1190 | Death
Frederick I Barbarossa | |
| June 10th | Death of Frederick I Barbarossa |
| June 10th | Drowns in Cilcia crusading in Anatolia trying to save the latin Kingdom of Jerusalem |
| 1208 | Death
Otto I von Wittlesbach | |
| | Death of Philp of Swabia, assassinated by Otto IV, ends the civil war |
| 1208 | Death
Otto IV | |
| June 21st | Death of Philp of Swabia, assassinated by Otto IV, ends the civil war |
| 1208 | Death
Philip | |
| June 21st | Death of Philp of Swabia, assassinated by Otto IV, ends the civil war |
| 1210 | Death
Stassburg, Gottfried von | |
| | Death of Gottfried von Stassburg |
| 1218 | Death
Frederick II | |
| | Death of Otto IV, leaves Frederick the undisputed leader of the Germans |
| 1218 | Death
Otto IV | |
| May 19th | Death of Otto IV, leaves Frederick the undisputed leader of the Germans |
| 1250 | Death
Frederick II | |
| Dec 13th | Death of Frederick II |
| 1253 | Death
Henry of Hohenstaufen | |
| | Death of Henry of Hohenstaufen |
| 1254 | Death
Conrad IV | |
| May 21st | Death of Conrad IV |
| 1266 | Death
Conradin | |
| | On the death of Manfred begins war with Charles of Anjou |
| 1266 | Death
Manfred | |
| Feb 26th | Death of Manfred, defeated by Charles of Anjou & killed in battle at Benevento |
| 1268 | Death
Conradin | |
| Aug 25th | Death of Conradin, killed at the battle of Tagliacozzo, last of the Hohenstaufen line |
| 1313 | Death
Henry VII | |
| Aug | Death of Henry VII, produces an interregnum & then a civil war in Germany |
| 1447 | Death
Louis IV | |
| Oct 11th | Death of Louis IV, during a bear hunt near Munich, age 60 |
| 1519 | Death
Maximilian I | |
| Jan 12th | Death of Maximilian I |
| 1523 | Death
Luther, Martin | |
| July 1st | Two of Luther's followers, Augustine monks from Antwerp, are burnt alive |
| 1525 | Death
Munzer, Thomas | |
| May 7th | The leader of the southern peasant revolt is beheaded |
| 1543 | Death
Holbein, Hans | |
| Nov 29th | Death of Hans Holbein, dies of the plague, age 28 |
| 1546 | Death
Luther, Martin | |
| Feb 18th | Dies in Eisleben, his place of birth |
| 1564 | Death
Ferdinand I | |
| | Death of Ferdinand I, succeeded by his son Maximilian II |
| 1594 | Death
Mercator, Gerhardus | |
| Dec 2nd | Death of Gerhardus Mercator |
| 1619 | Death
Mathias | |
| | Death of Mathias, Matthias Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Bohemia, dies without descendants his lands go to his nearest male relative, his cousin Ferdinand of Styria |
| 1619 | Death
Matthias | |
| Mar 20th | The Imperial & Bohemian thrones become vacant |
| 1630 | Death
Kepler, Johannes | |
| Nov 15th | Death of Johannes Kepler |
| 1632 | Death
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von | |
| | With General Tilly dead, Ferdinand II turns to the aid of Wallenstein and his large army |
| Feb 25th | Death of Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein |
| Feb 25th | Death of Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, assassinated |
| 1647 | Death
Gallas, Matthias | |
| | Death of Matthias Galllas |
| 1682 | Death
Rupert of the Rhine | |
| Nov 29th | Death of Rupert of the Rhine, dies of fever |
| 1713 | Death
Frederick I | |
| Feb 25th | Death of Frederick I |
| 1714 | Death
Sophia | |
| | The next in succession to Queen Anne dies 6 weeks before Anne |
| | The succession passes to Sophia's eldest son, George |
| 1719 | Death
Gortz, Georg Heinrich von | |
| | Executed for having alienated Charles XII from the Swedish people |
| 1740 | Death
Frederick II the Great | |
| | Summons Count von Podewils & General von Schweri to see how Prussia can benefit |
| May 28th | Death of Frederick William I of Prussia |
| 1740 | Death
Frederick William I | |
| May 31st | Death of Frederick William I |
| May 31st | Says he had at last, "had the decency to die" |
| 1745 | Death
Charles VII | |
| | Death of Charles VII |
| | Death of Charles VII |
| 1745 | Death
Frederick II the Great | |
| | Death of Charles VII, his son gives up claims to the Empire & supports the Habsburgs |
| 1757 | Death
Schwerin, Kurt Christoph Graf von | |
| May 6th | Death of Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin |
| 1759 | Death
Handel, George Frederick | |
| April 14th | Death of George Frederick Handel |
| 1786 | Death
Frederick II the Great | |
| Aug 17th | Death of Frederick II the Great, succeeded by his nephew Friedrich Wilhelm II |
| 1804 | Death
Kant, Immanuel | |
| Feb 12th | Death of Immanuel Kant |
| 1816 | Death
Bulow von, Friedrich Wilhelm | |
| | Death of Friedrich Wilhelm von Bulow |
| 1819 | Death
Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| | Death of Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher,"Alte Vorwarts" |
| 1826 | Death
Bode, Johann Elert | |
| Nov 23rd | Death of Johann Elert Bode |
| 1831 | Death
Hegel, Friedrich | |
| | Death of Friedrich Hegel, dies of cholera |
| 1831 | Death
Arnim, Ludwig Achim von | |
| Jan 21st | Death of Ludwig Achim von Arnhim |
| 1832 | Death
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | |
| Mar 22nd | Death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, age 82, final words are "more light!" |
| 1872 | Death
Abeken, Heinrich | |
| Aug 8th | Death of Heinrich Abeken |
| 1874 | Death
Kullman, Heinz | |
| | A Catholic, Heinz Kullman, attempts to assassinate Bismarck at Bad Kissingen |
| 1877 | Death
Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich von | |
| April 2nd | Death of Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz |
| 1879 | Death
Roon, Albrecht von | |
| Feb 23rd | Death of Albrecht von Roon |
| 1880 | Death
Gagern, Heinrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von | |
| | Death of Heinrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von Gagern |
| 1883 | Death
Marx, Karl Heinrich | |
| | Death of Karl Heinrich Marx |
| 1885 | Death
Frederick Charles | |
| June 15th | Death of Frederick Charles |
| 1886 | Death
Louis II | |
| | Declared mad, commits suicide by drowning |
| 1886 | Death
Ludwig II | |
| | Declared insane then drowns himself |
| 1888 | Death
Wilhelm I | |
| May 9th | Dies in Berlin age 90 & succeeded by his 57 year old son Friedrich Wilhelm |
| 1888 | Death
Clausius, Rudolf Julius Emanuel | |
| Aug 24th | Death of Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius |
| 1896 | Death
Treitschke, Heinrich von | |
| April 28th | Death of Heinrich Gotthard von Treitschke |
| 1897 | Death
Brahms, Johannes | |
| | Death of Johannes Brahms, died of liver cancer |
| 1899 | Death
Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| Feb 6th | Death of Georg Leo von Caprivi |
| 1900 | Death
Ketteler, Clemens von | |
| June 20th | Murdered by a mob in response to the Allied Siege of the legations in Peking |
| 1903 | Death
Hitler, Adolf | |
| Jan 3rd | Death of Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler's father |
| 1903 | Death
Hitler, Alois | |
| Jan 3rd | Death of Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler's father |
| 1907 | Death
Hitler, Adolf | |
| Dec | Death of Klara Hitler, Adolf Hitler's mother |
| 1907 | Death
Hitler, Klara | |
| Dec | Death of Klara Hitler, Adolf Hitler's mother |
| 1911 | Death
Mahler, Gustav | |
| May 18th | Death of Gustav Mahler |
| May 18th | Taken to Paris, where a new serum had recently been developed, does not respond and is taken back to Vienna at his request where he dies from his infection on 18 May 1911 at the age of 50, leaving his Symphony No. 10 unfinished |
| 1913 | Death
Bebel, August | |
| | Death of August Bebel |
| 1913 | Death
Schlieffen, Alfred Graf von | |
| Jan 1st | Death of Alfred Graf von Schlieffen |
| 1914 | Death
Spee, Maximilian Johannes Hubert von | |
| Dec 8th | Death of Maximilian Johannes Hubert von Spee |
| 1915 | Death
Ehrlich, Paul | |
| Aug 20th | Death of Paul Ehrlich, Nobel Prize winning bacteriologist |
| 1916 | Death
Schwarzschild, Karl | |
| May 11th | Death of Karl Schwarzschild |
| 1917 | Death
Prittwitz, Maximilian von | |
| Mar 29th | Death of Maximilian von Prittwitz |
| 1918 | Death
Eisner, Kurt | |
| | Death of Kurt Eisner, assassinated |
| 1918 | Death
Haase, Hugo | |
| | Assassinated while a member of the ruling Council of Peoples Representatives |
| 1919 | Death
Liebknecht, Karl | |
| Jan 15th | Death of Karl Liebknecht, murdered while under arrest |
| 1919 | Death
Luxemburg, Rosa | |
| Jan 15th | Murdered while under arrest |
| 1919 | Death
Eisner, Kurt | |
| Feb 21st | Triggers off revolution leading to 5 Coups & 5 Governments in 70 days |
| 1919 | Death
Eglhofer, Rudolf | |
| May 3rd | Munich is "liberated" by the White Army & Eglhofer is assassinated by Feikorps troops |
| 1919 | Death
Landauer, Gustav | |
| May 3rd | Munich is "liberated" by the White Army & Landauer is assassinated by Feikorps troops |
| 1919 | Death
Scheidemann, Phillip | |
| Nov 9th | Death of Phillip Scheidemann |
| 1920 | Death
Jogiches, Leo | |
| | Following the assassination of Leo Jogiches, Paul Levi becomes the KPD leader |
| 1920 | Death
Erzberger, Mathias | |
| Aug 26th | Death of Mathias Erxberger, assassinated |
| Aug 26th | Death of Mathias Erxberger, assassinated |
| 1921 | Death
Bethmann Hollweg, Theobold von | |
| Jan 1st | Death of Theobold von Bethmann Hollweg |
| 1922 | Death
Rathenau, Walter | |
| June 4th | Death of Walter Rathenau, assassinated |
| 1923 | Death
Schlageter, Albert Leo | |
| May 27th | Albert Leo Schlageter, a German freebooter and saboteur, is executed by a French firing squad in the Ruhr, Hitler declares him a hero that the German nation was not worthy to possess |
| 1925 | Death
Ebert, Friedrich | |
| Feb 12th | Death of Friedrich Ebert, from the effects of an appendicitis operation |
| 1927 | Death
Rontgen, Wilhelm Konrad von | |
| Feb 10th | Death of Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen |
| 1929 | Death
Baden, Max von | |
| | Death of Max von Baden |
| 1929 | Death
Stressman, Gustav | |
| Oct 3rd | Death of Gustav Stressman |
| 1930 | Death
Wessel, Horst | |
| Feb 23rd | Martyr of the Munich Beerhall putsch, mytholigised by the "Horst Wessel Lied" |
| Feb 23rd | Martyr of the Munich Beerhall putsch, mytholigised by the "Horst Wessel Lied" |
| 1931 | Death
Baade, Wilhelm Heinrich Walter | |
| | Emigrates to the USA in 1931 |
| 1931 | Death
Goering, Herman | |
| | Death of Carin Goering, dies of TB, Goering's 1st wife |
| 1931 | Death
Raubal, Geli | |
| | Hitler's niece & lover commits suicide |
| 1932 | Death
Bernstein, Eduard | |
| | Death of Eduard Bernstein |
| 1934 | Death
Beck, Fritz | |
| June 30th | Death of Fritz Beck, executed by the Nazis |
| 1934 | Death
Gerlich, Fritz | |
| June 30th | Death of Fritz Gerlich, executed by the Nazis |
| 1934 | Death
Jung, Edgar | |
| June 30th | Death of Edgar Jung, executed by the Nazis |
| 1934 | Death
Kahr, Gustav Ritter von | |
| June 30th | Death of Gustav Ritter von Kahr, executed by the Nazis |
| 1934 | Death
Schleicher, Kurt von | |
| June 30th | Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives |
| 1934 | Death
Rohm, Ernst | |
| July 1st | Death of Ernst Rohm, executed by the NAZIs |
| 1934 | Death
Klausener, Erich | |
| July 13th | Death of Erich Klausener, assassinated |
| 1934 | Death
Blomberg, Werner von | |
| Aug 2nd | After Reichspr„sident Paul von Hindenburg dies, personally orders all soldiers in the army to pledge the Reichswehreid Oath of allegiance not to Volk and Fatherland, but to the new Reichspr„sident and Fhrer Adolf Hitler |
| 1934 | Death
Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans von | |
| Aug 2nd | Death of Paul Ludwig Hans von Hindenburg |
| 1934 | Death
Hitler, Adolf | |
| Aug 2nd | Deth of Hindenburg, Hitler becomes head of state & the army swears an oath to him |
| 1937 | Death
Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| | Death of Erich von Ludendorf |
| 1938 | Death
Kautsky, Karl | |
| | Death of Karl Kautsky |
| 1938 | Death
Rathenau, Ernst von | |
| Nov 7th | Death of Ernst von Rathenau, assassinated |
| 1938 | Death
Rath, Ernst vom | |
| Nov 9th | Death of Ernst von Rath, assassinated |
| 1939 | Death
Groener, Karl Eduard Wilhelm | |
| May 3rd | Death of Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener |
| 1939 | Death
Toller, Ernst | |
| May 22nd | Death of Ernst Toller, suicide rather than witness the further growth of fascism |
| 1941 | Death
Heydrich, Reinhard Tristan Eugen | |
| June 4th | Death of Reinhard Heydrich |
| 1941 | Death
Reichenau, Walter von | |
| July | Orders the execution of 3,000 Jews in Russia as a reprisal measure |
| 1941 | Death
Feder, Gottfried | |
| Sep 24th | Death of Gottfried Feder |
| 1941 | Death
Reichenau, Walter von | |
| Oct 10th | Orders, "..just retribution that must be meted out to the subhuman species of Jewry" |
| 1942 | Death
Todt, Fritz | |
| | Death of Fritz Todt, killed in an airplane crash |
| 1942 | Death
Heydrich, Reinhard Tristan Eugen | |
| June 4th | The Czech resistence assassinates Heydrich, "the protector of Bohemia" |
| 1944 | Death
Beck, Ludwig | |
| | Death of Ludwig Beck, after a failure to assassinate Hitler |
| 1944 | Death
Hitler, Adolf | |
| | Stauffenburg & 200 others are executed for trying to assassinate Hitler |
| 1944 | Death
Olbricht, Friedrich | |
| | Involved in the failed attempt on Hitler's life in the July bomb plot |
| 1944 | Death
Habicht, Theodor August Otto Wilhelm | |
| Jan 31st | Death of Theodor August Otto Wilhelm Habicht |
| 1944 | Death
Kutschera, Franz | |
| Feb 1st | Death of Franz Kutschera, assassinated by Polish partisans |
| 1944 | Death
Hube, Hans-Valentin | |
| April 21st | Death of Hans-Valentin Hub |
| April 21st | Death of Hans-Valentin Hub |
| 1944 | Death
Falley, Wilhelm | |
| June 5th | Death of Wihelm Falley, 1st German General killed during the Normandy invasion |
| 1944 | Death
Marcks, Erich | |
| June 12th | Death of Erich Marcks, fatally wounded during an Allied air attack |
| 1944 | Death
Kluge, Guenther Hans von | |
| July 20th | Becomes involved in the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler |
| 1944 | Death
Korten, Gunther | |
| July 20th | Killed while trying to assassinate Hitler |
| 1944 | Death
Kluge, Guenther Hans von | |
| Aug 18th | Death of Kluge, suicide |
| Aug 19th | Committs suicide by poison at Metz |
| 1944 | Death
Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Oct 14th | Death of Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, forced to take poison |
| 1944 | Death
Schulenburg, Friedrich Werner von der | |
| Nov 10th | Death of Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, hanged at Plotzensee Prison in Berlin |
| Nov 10th | Hanged after the failed assassination attempt of Hitler |
| 1945 | Death
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich | |
| | Death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed |
| 1945 | Death
Elser, Georg | |
| | Death of Elser Elser, executed by the Nazis |
| 1945 | Death
Fegelein, Hermann | |
| | Death of Hermann Fegelein |
| 1945 | Death
Krebs, Hans | |
| | Committs suicide during peace negotiations he is conducting with the Russians |
| 1945 | Death
Ley, Robert | |
| | Death of Robert Ley, suicide |
| 1945 | Death
Schoerner, Ferdinand | |
| | Hitler orders Bormann to send his last will & testament to Doenitz & Schoerner |
| 1945 | Death
Fromm, Friedrich | |
| Mar 12th | Death of Friedrich Fromm, executed |
| 1945 | Death
Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| April 21st | Death of Otto Moritz Walter Model, commits suicide |
| 1945 | Death
Stumpfegger, Ludwig | |
| April 21st | Death of Ludwig Stumpfegger, suicide |
| 1945 | Death
Braun, Eva | |
| April 30th | Death of Eva Braun, commits suicide with Hitler at the Fuhrerbunker |
| 1945 | Death
Hitler, Adolf | |
| April 30th | Hitler & Eva Braun shoot themselves |
| 1945 | Death
Goebbels, Paul Joseph | |
| May 1st | Administers poison to his 6 children & shoots his wife & himself in Hitler's bunker |
| 1945 | Death
Bock, Fedor von | |
| May 4th | Death of Fedor von Bock during an Allied raid on Hamburg |
| 1945 | Death
Himmler, Heinrich | |
| May 27th | Commits suicide |
| 1945 | Death
Kramer, Joseph | |
| Nov | Death of Joseph Kramer, executed |
| 1945 | Death
Mackensen, August von | |
| Nov 8th | Death of August von Mackensen |
| 1946 | Death
Streicher, Julius | |
| | Tried & found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg |
| 1946 | Death
Blomberg, Werner von | |
| Mar 22nd | Death of Werner von Blomber, while awaiting trial |
| 1946 | Death
Frank, Hans | |
| Oct 16th | Death of Hans Frank, executed for war crimes |
| 1946 | Death
Jodl, Alfred | |
| Oct 16th | Death of Alfred Jodl, executed |
| 1946 | Death
Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| Oct 16th | Death of Wilhelm Heitel, executed for war crimes |
| 1946 | Death
Ribbentrop, Joachim von | |
| Oct 16th | 1st of the condemned Nazis to hang at Nuremberg |
| 1947 | Death
Liebehenschel, Arthur | |
| | Death of Arthur Liebehenschel, executed by the Polish authorities for war crimes |
| 1947 | Death
Muhsfeldt, Erich | |
| | Death of Erich Muhsfeldt, executed for war crimes |
| 1947 | Death
Pannwitz, Helmuth von | |
| Jan 16th | Hanged in Moscow for attrocities committed behind the estaern fron in 1941 |
| 1947 | Death
Meisinger, Josef | |
| Mar 7th | Executed by the Polish authorities for war crimes |
| 1947 | Death
Brauer, Bruno | |
| May 20th | Death of Bruno Brauner, found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed |
| 1947 | Death
Muller, Freidrich-Wihelm | |
| May 20th | Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed |
| 1948 | Death
Brauchitsch, Walter von | |
| | Death of Walter Brauchitsch |
| 1948 | Death
Blaskowitz, Johannes von | |
| Feb 5th | Death of Johannes Blaskowitz, commits suicide |
| 1954 | Death
Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von | |
| Nov 13th | Death of Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, in captivity in Vladimir Prison, the highest ranked German officer to die in Soviet captivity |
| 1955 | Death
Braun, Otto | |
| | Death of Otto Braun |
| 1955 | Death
Einstein, Albert | |
| April 18th | Death of Albert Einstein |
| 1955 | Death
Mann, Thomas | |
| Aug 12th | Death of Thomas Mann |
| 1956 | Death
Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von | |
| April 29th | Death of Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb |
| 1956 | Death
Baeck, Leo | |
| Nov 2nd | Death of Leo Baeck |
| 1958 | Death
Abetz, Otto | |
| May 5th | Death of Otto Abetz |
| 1960 | Death
Baade, Wilhelm Heinrich Walter | |
| June 25th | Death of Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade |
| 1964 | Death
Dertinger, Georg | |
| | Death of Georg Dertinger |
| 1967 | Death
Adenauer, Konrad | |
| | Death of Konrad Adenauer |
| 1969 | Death
Papen, Franz von | |
| May 2nd | Dies in Obersasbach, Baden |
| 1970 | Death
Carnap, Rudolf | |
| | Death of Rudolf Carnap |
| 1973 | Death
Manstein, Fritz Erich von | |
| July | Death of Fritz Erich von Manstein |
| 1974 | Death
Meins, Holger | |
| Nov 9th | Death of Holger Meins, dies of self-induced starvation |
| 1976 | Death
Heidegger, Martin | |
| | Death of Martin Heidegger |
| 1976 | Death
Meinhof, Ulrike Marie | |
| May | An enquiry finds suicide the cause, extremists claim otherwise & make her a martyr |
| May 9th | Death of Ulrike Meinhof, found dead in her cell, hanging from a rope made from jail towels, an investigation concludes that she had hanged herself, a result hotly contested at the time, spurring conspiracy theories |
| 1977 | Death
Buback, Siegfried | |
| | Death of Siegfried Buback |
| 1977 | Death
Erhard, Ludwig | |
| | Death of Ludwig Erhard |
| 1977 | Death
Buback, Siegfried | |
| April 7th | Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback, his driver, and his bodyguard are shot and killed by two RAF members while waiting at a red traffic light |
| 1977 | Death
Braun, Werner von | |
| June 15th | Death of Werner von Braun, Alexandria, Virginia, United States |
| 1977 | Death
Schleyer, Hanns-Martin | |
| Sep | Death of Hans Martin Schleyer, assassinated by Baader-Meinhof |
| 1977 | Death
Baader, Andraes | |
| Oct 17th | Raspe learns of GSG 9's success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact |
| 1977 | Death
Ensslin, Gudrun | |
| Oct 17th | Raspe learns of GSG 9's success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact |
| 1977 | Death
Moller, Irmgard | |
| Oct 17th | RAF member Irmgard Moller is found with four stab wounds to her chest, but survives |
| Oct 17th | Raspe learns of GSG 9's success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Moller, who agreed to a suicide pact |
| 1977 | Death
Raspe, Jan-Carl | |
| Oct 17th | Raspe learns of GSG 9's success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact |
| Oct 18th | Raspe is found with a gunshot wound in his cell in Stammheim Prison, Stuttgart, he dies shortly after being admitted to a hospital |
| 1977 | Death
Baader, Andraes | |
| Oct 20th | Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe are found dead in their cells, having died from gunshot wounds, while Gudrun Ensslin is found hanging from a noose made from speaker wire |
| Oct 20th | Baader and Gudrun Ensslin are found dead in their cells, Irmgard Möller is found in her cell, wounded after supposedly stabbing herself in the chest, but survives, the official inquiry concludes that this is a collective suicide, but conspiracy theories abound but never brought forward by the RAF itself, some have questioned how Baader managed to obtain a gun in the high-security prison wing specially constructed for the first generation RAF members |
| Oct 20th | Death of Andreas Baader, suicide in gaol |
| 1977 | Death
Ensslin, Gudrun | |
| Oct 20th | Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe are found dead in their cells, having died from gunshot wounds, while Gudrun Ensslin is found hanging from a noose made from speaker wire |
| Oct 20th | Baader and Gudrun Ensslin are found dead in their cells, Irmgard Möller is found in her cell, wounded after supposedly stabbing herself in the chest, but survives, the official inquiry concludes that this is a collective suicide, but conspiracy theories abound but never brought forward by the RAF itself, some have questioned how Baader managed to obtain a gun in the high-security prison wing specially constructed for the first generation RAF members |
| 1977 | Death
Esslin, Gudrun | |
| Oct 20th | Death of Gudrun Esslin, commits suicide in Stammheim jail |
| 1977 | Death
Moller, Irmgard | |
| Oct 20th | Baader and Gudrun Ensslin are found dead in their cells, Irmgard Möller is found in her cell, wounded after supposedly stabbing herself in the chest, but survives, the official inquiry concludes that this is a collective suicide, but conspiracy theories abound but never brought forward by the RAF itself, some have questioned how Baader managed to obtain a gun in the high-security prison wing specially constructed for the first generation RAF members |
| 1977 | Death
Raspe, Jan-Carl | |
| Oct 20th | Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe are found dead in their cells, having died from gunshot wounds, while Gudrun Ensslin is found hanging from a noose made from speaker wire |
| 1977 | Death
Schubert, Ingrid | |
| Oct 25th | Death of Ingrid Schubert, found hanged in her prison cell |
| 1978 | Death
Manteuffel, Hasso von | |
| | Death of Hasso von Manteuffel |
| 1978 | Death
Messerschmitt, Willy | |
| Sep 17th | Death of Willy Messerschmitt |
| 1979 | Death
Mengele, Josef | |
| Feb 7th | Death of Josef Mengele |
| 1979 | Death
Dutschke, Alfred Willi Rudi | |
| Dec 24th | Death of Alfred Willi Rudi Dutschke |
| 1980 | Death
Doenitz, Karl | |
| Dec 24th | Death of Karl Doenitz |
| 1981 | Death
Speer, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert | |
| Sep 1st | Death of Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer |
| 1985 | Death
Zimmerman, Ernst | |
| | Death of Ernst Zimmerman, assassinated |
| 1985 | Death
Boll, Heinrich Theodor | |
| July 16th | Death of Heinrich Boll |
| 1987 | Death
Hess, Rudolph | |
| Aug 17th | It is announced that Hess has committed suicide in Spandau |
| 1990 | Death
Schroder, Gerhard | |
| Jan 1st | Death of Gerhard Schroder |
| 1999 | Death
Haffner, Sebastian | |
| Jan 2nd | Death of Sebastian Haffner |
| 2002 | Death
Milstein, Cesar | |
| Mar 24th | Death of Cesar Milstein |
| 2009 | Death
Dahrendorf, Ralf Gustav | |
| June 17th | Death of Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf |
