Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/May/May 12

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• 1885 – Death of composer Ferdinand Hiller
• 1900 – Birth of actress Helene Weigel
• 1921 – Birth of artist Joseph Beuys
• 1949 – The Berlin Blockade ends shortly after midnight
• 1970 – Death of writer Nelly Sachs, recipient of the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature