March 25 - French PresidentCharles De Gaulle opened his first presidential press conference with a statement that France supported German reunification "as the aim and normal destiny of the German people. provided that [they] do not question their present frontiers to the west, east, north or south." "Germany today is not a danger to us," said De Gaulle as he announced a new relationship with his World War II adversary[1]
May
May 5 – The United States signed an agreement with West Germany, to share classified information about American nuclear weapons and to train German personnel in the operation of those weapons.[2]
May 27 - Nikita Khrushchev's ultimatum for action on Berlin expired. The Soviet premier had notified the Western powers on November 27, 1958, that if occupying armies were not withdrawn from West Berlin within six months, access through East Germany to the city would be closed off. The Geneva talks that began on May 11 halted action on the ultimatum. The late U.S. Secretary of StateJohn Foster Dulles, who had said in 1958, "We are not afraid of May 27, 1959", was buried on that date, and the participants in the Geneva talks, including Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, attended the ceremonies at Arlington.[3]
June
June 10 – A month after withdrawing a six-month ultimatum for the Western powers to withdraw from Berlin, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev issued a new deadline when talks broke down in Geneva. Khrushchev demanded that the U.S., Britain, and France withdraw their armies from West Berlin by June 10, 1960. The ultimatum was withdrawn on September 27 when Khrushchev met with President Eisenhower at Camp David.[4]
October
October 15 – Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera was murdered by a KGB agent Bogdan Stashinsky in Munich. The weapon was a gun that fired hydrogen cyanide gas into Bandera's face. Stashinsky, who had killed newspaperman Lev Rebet in the same manner in 1957, swallowed an antidote, and escaped.[5]
November
November 11 – Werner Heyde, a psychiatrist who had guided the euthanizing of more than 100,000 handicapped persons in Nazi Germany, surrendered to police in Frankfurt after 13 years as a fugitive. As director of the Reich Association of Hospitals, Dr. Heyde had carried out "Action T4". Men, women and children who were mentally or physically handicapped were the victims of Heyde's "mercy killing" from 1939 to 1942, usually by lethal injection. Sentenced in absentia to death, Heyde had been practicing in Flensburg as "Dr. Fritz Sawade". On February 13, 1964, five days before his trial was to start, Dr. Heyde hanged himself at the prison in Butzbach.[6]
November 25 – The first Bilateral Investment Treaty in history was signed between West Germany and Pakistan. BITs govern the terms of private investment between companies in the two nations, including provisions for arbitration of disputes.[7]
December
December 13 – Two apartment houses in a suburb of Dortmund were levelled by an explosion at 3:12 a.m.. Of 34 people in the Aplerbeck buildings, 26 were killed.[8]
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The following lists events that happened during 1959 in Germany 1958 1957 1956 1959 in Germany 1960 1961 1962Decades 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970sSee also Other events of 1959History of Germany Timeline Years Contents 1 Incumbents 1 1 West Germany 1 2 East Germany 2 Events 2 1 March 2 2 May 2 3 June 2 4 October 2 5 November 2 6 December 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 ReferencesIncumbentsWest Germany President Theodor Heuss until 13 September Heinrich Lubke starting 13 September Chancellor Konrad AdenauerEast Germany General Secretary of the Central Committee Walter Ulbricht Head of State Wilhelm Pieck Head of Government Otto GrotewohlEventsMarch March 25 French President Charles De Gaulle opened his first presidential press conference with a statement that France supported German reunification as the aim and normal destiny of the German people provided that they do not question their present frontiers to the west east north or south Germany today is not a danger to us said De Gaulle as he announced a new relationship with his World War II adversary 1 May May 5 The United States signed an agreement with West Germany to share classified information about American nuclear weapons and to train German personnel in the operation of those weapons 2 May 27 Nikita Khrushchev s ultimatum for action on Berlin expired The Soviet premier had notified the Western powers on November 27 1958 that if occupying armies were not withdrawn from West Berlin within six months access through East Germany to the city would be closed off The Geneva talks that began on May 11 halted action on the ultimatum The late U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles who had said in 1958 We are not afraid of May 27 1959 was buried on that date and the participants in the Geneva talks including Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko attended the ceremonies at Arlington 3 June June 10 A month after withdrawing a six month ultimatum for the Western powers to withdraw from Berlin Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev issued a new deadline when talks broke down in Geneva Khrushchev demanded that the U S Britain and France withdraw their armies from West Berlin by June 10 1960 The ultimatum was withdrawn on September 27 when Khrushchev met with President Eisenhower at Camp David 4 October October 15 Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera was murdered by a KGB agent Bogdan Stashinsky in Munich The weapon was a gun that fired hydrogen cyanide gas into Bandera s face Stashinsky who had killed newspaperman Lev Rebet in the same manner in 1957 swallowed an antidote and escaped 5 November November 11 Werner Heyde a psychiatrist who had guided the euthanizing of more than 100 000 handicapped persons in Nazi Germany surrendered to police in Frankfurt after 13 years as a fugitive As director of the Reich Association of Hospitals Dr Heyde had carried out Action T4 Men women and children who were mentally or physically handicapped were the victims of Heyde s mercy killing from 1939 to 1942 usually by lethal injection Sentenced in absentia to death Heyde had been practicing in Flensburg as Dr Fritz Sawade On February 13 1964 five days before his trial was to start Dr Heyde hanged himself at the prison in Butzbach 6 November 25 The first Bilateral Investment Treaty in history was signed between West Germany and Pakistan BITs govern the terms of private investment between companies in the two nations including provisions for arbitration of disputes 7 December December 13 Two apartment houses in a suburb of Dortmund were levelled by an explosion at 3 12 a m Of 34 people in the Aplerbeck buildings 26 were killed 8 BirthsJanuary 10 Bernhard Hoff German sprinter February 2 Hella von Sinnen German comedian March 9 Giovanni di Lorenzo German journalist June 19 Christian Wulff German politician former President of Germany July 3 Rebekka Habermas German historian died 2023 July 7 Barbara Krause German swimmer Olympic champion 1980 September 12 Sigmar Gabriel German politician October 13 Robert Jarczyk German actor November 9 Thomas Quasthoff German bass baritoneDeaths1 January Alfred Gerstenberg Luftwaffe general born 1893 January 26 Bruno Groning German mystic born 1906 2 June Hermann Haupt German entomologist born 1873 June 9 Adolf Windaus German chemist born 1876 July 6 George Grosz German artist born 1893 October 17 Otto Feick German gymnast born 1890 References F Roy Willis France Germany and the New Europe 1945 1963 Stanford University Press pp295 96 Nuclear Shadowboxing Cold War Redux DeVolpi Inc 2004 pI 13 Derek Leebaert The Fifty Year Wound The True Price of America s Cold War Victory Back Bay 2002 p 235 Eric Herring 1995 Danger and Opportunity Explaining International Crisis Outcomes Manchester University Press p 135 ISBN 978 0 7190 4293 5 Joseph J Trento The Secret History of the CIA Carroll amp Graf 2005 p180 Heyde Werner in Who s Who in Nazi Germany Routledge 2001 p 107 International Investment in Research Handbook in International Economic Law E Elgar 2007 p215 The Post Standard Syracuse December 14 1959 p1 nbsp nbsp This German history article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This year in Europe article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1959 in Germany amp oldid 1195406231, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
