Deaths in the 2010s

Eberhard Jäckel

1929–2017 (age 88)

Stuttgart

Viktoriya Gorshenina

1919–2014 (age 95)

Stuttgart

Дащенко, Анатолий Иосифович

1929–2015 (age 86)

Stuttgart

Анатолий Иосифович Дащенко was a scientist based in Stuttgart whose research advanced his field.

Rudolf von Thadden

1932–2015 (age 83)

Göttingen

Alf Lüdtke

1943–2019 (age 76)

Göttingen

Alf Lüdtke (18 October 1943 in Dresden – 29 January 2019) (also Alf Luedtke) was a historian and a leading German rep...

Peter Lundgreen

1936–2015 (age 79)

Göttingen

Peter Lundgreen was a historian from Göttingen whose scholarly work advanced historical knowledge.

Günter Schmahl

1936–2018 (age 82)

Göttingen

Günter Schmahl (26 March 1936 – 14 August 2018) was a German physicist, professor at the University of Göttingen and...

Albert Dietrich

1912–2015 (age 103)

Göttingen

Alexander Belostenny

1959–2010 (age 51)

Trier

Alfred Penkert

1933–2019 (age 86)

Hamm

Alfred Penkert was a pedagogue from Hamm dedicated to advancing educational practices and learning.

Werner Welle

1939–2018 (age 79)

Paderborn

Barys Kit

1910–2018 (age 108)

Wiesbaden

Gennadi Vengerov

1959–2015 (age 56)

Düsseldorf

Vladimir Kunin

1927–2011 (age 84)

Munich

Leo Schwarz

1931–2018 (age 87)

Cathedral of Trier

Lothar Vosseler

1947–2019 (age 72)

Detmold

German writer from Detmold whose literary contributions shaped contemporary German letters.

Joachim Meisner

1933–2017 (age 84)

Cologne Cathedral

Walter Carlein

1922–2011 (age 89)

Baden-Baden

German politician from Baden-Baden who served his community through decades of public service.

Johannes Möhrle

1931–2017 (age 86)

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

Wolfgang Völkl

1960–2015 (age 55)

Bayreuth

Barbara Specht

1943–2015 (age 72)

Rosenheim

German editor from Rosenheim whose editorial work contributed to German publishing.

Alfred Doderer-Winkler

1929–2019 (age 90)

Neuwied

Wolfgang Baumgart

1929–2017 (age 88)

Munich

German choir director from Munich who dedicated his career to choral music and ensemble leadership.

Klaus von Stieglitz

1924–2011 (age 87)

Dresden

Dieter Prollius

1944–2014 (age 70)

Dresden

German shot putter from Dresden who represented his country in track and field athletics.

Horst Lichtenberg

1936–2010 (age 74)

Magdeburg

Hans Günter Winkler

1926–2018 (age 92)

Warendorf

Mietek Pemper

1920–2011 (age 91)

Augsburg

Erhard Wunderlich

1956–2012 (age 56)

Augsburg

Debby Winkler

1959–2011 (age 52)

Warendorf

Wolfgang Frühwald

1935–2019 (age 84)

Augsburg

German university teacher from Augsburg who dedicated his career to academic education and scholarship.

Volker Steenblock

1958–2018 (age 60)

Münster

Heinrich Hoffschulte

1941–2016 (age 75)

Münster

German jurist from Münster whose legal expertise contributed to the German justice system.

Wolfgang Leonhard

1921–2014 (age 93)

Rhineland-Palatinate

Martin Adolf Bormann

1930–2013 (age 83)

North Rhine-Westphalia

Erich Loest

1926–2013 (age 87)

Saxony

Erich Loest was a German writer and dissident who chronicled life in East Germany and spent years in political imprisonm...

Hans Stumpfeldt

1941–2018 (age 77)

Hamburg

Hans Stumpfeldt was a German individual who lived from 1941 to 2018, born in Środa Wielkopolska and buried in Hamburg.

Frank McClean

1931–2018 (age 87)

Hamburg

Frank McClean was an American-born individual who lived from 1931 to 2018 and was buried in Hamburg, Germany.

Heinz Werner

1928–2019 (age 91)

Coswig

Heinz Werner was a German individual who lived from 1928 to 2019 in Coswig, where he was also buried.

Alexandra von Hannover

1937–2015 (age 78)

Main-Kinzig-Kreis

Alexandra von Hannover was a German noblewoman born in Frankfurt in 1937 who died in 2015 and was buried in Main-Kinzig-...

Ernst Strnad

1928–2011 (age 83)

Bernau bei Berlin

Ernst Strnad was a German individual born in Mikulášovice in 1928 who died in 2011 and was buried in Bernau bei Berlin...

Helmut Müller

1939–2013 (age 74)

Zwenkau

Ekkehard Drefke

1939–2015 (age 76)

Brühl

Sibylle Herrmann

1940–2016 (age 76)

Schmiedeberg

Hellmuth Herrmann

1940–2019 (age 79)

Schmiedeberg

Rose Schwarz

1935–2017 (age 82)

Lörrach

Marie Sophie Hingst

1987–2019 (age 32)

Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Marie Sophie Hingst (20 October 1987 – 17 July 2019) was a German historian and blogger who falsely claimed to be desc...

Peter Struck

1943–2012 (age 69)

Uelzen

Wilhelm Börner

1927–2011 (age 84)

Ansbach

Rudolf Meiser

1920–2015 (age 95)

Ansbach