The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), internally selected its entry for the contest.

A jury presided by Hans-Otto Grünefeldt, television program director of HR, selected "Anouschka" at the Broadcasting House Dornbusch, the site which also served as venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 1957.

[1] The contest was broadcast on Deutsches Fernsehen (with commentary by Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach [de]).

[2] On the evening of the final Brück performed ninth in the running order, following Finland and preceding Belgium.

[3] "Anouschka" was a sizeable hit in German-speaking markets, and remains one of the better-remembered German Eurovision entries of the 1960s.