| Eurovision Song Contest 1972 | ||||
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| Country |  Germany | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Ein Lied für Edinburgh | |||
| Selection date(s) | 19 February 1972 | |||
| Selected entrant | Mary Roos | |||
| Selected song | "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 3rd, 107 points | |||
| Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Germany was represented by Mary Roos, with the song "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben", at the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 25 March in Edinburgh. "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" was the winner of the German national final, Ein Lied für Edinburgh, held on 19 February. Roos would later represent Germany again in 1984.